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After the Disaster, Who Moves? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on effects of catastrophic events on settlement, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.9.3-5. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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After the Disaster, Who Moves?

D2.Geo.9.3-5

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1.A crop fails across a region for several years. What follows?
  • A.People leave in numbers, often for towns or other countries
  • B.Everybody stays
  • C.Prices fall
2.The workhouse register fills after 1846. What does that measure?
  • A.How many families lost their living as the work moved
  • B.How much coal was cut
  • C.How many trains ran
3.A pit closes after a disaster. What happens to the pit village?
  • A.Families move to where there is work, and the village shrinks
  • B.The village grows
  • C.Coal is found elsewhere in it
4.Why is a technological change like the railway not quite a disaster?
  • A.It destroyed some work while creating other work in the same valley
  • B.Nobody was affected
  • C.It was over in a day
5.What does a rise in a town's population after a rural disaster suggest?
  • A.Births rose that year
  • B.People moved from the countryside to the town for work
  • C.The town grew larger in area
6.A flood destroys the low houses of a village. What is likely?
  • A.The river is moved
  • B.People rebuild on higher ground or leave altogether
  • C.Nothing changes
7.A fire destroys the mill. What follows for the mill workers?
  • A.Wages rise
  • B.They must find other work or move to another mill town
  • C.The mill rebuilds itself
8.After a disaster, why do some people stay when others go?
  • A.They cannot walk
  • B.They have land, family or work that ties them to the place
  • C.They are not told

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Answer key — After the Disaster, Who Moves?

Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.People leave in numbers, often for towns or other countries
  2. 2.How many families lost their living as the work moved
  3. 3.Families move to where there is work, and the village shrinks
  4. 4.It destroyed some work while creating other work in the same valley
  5. 5.People moved from the countryside to the town for work
  6. 6.People rebuild on higher ground or leave altogether
  7. 7.They must find other work or move to another mill town
  8. 8.They have land, family or work that ties them to the place

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.9.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.