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

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Answer key — After the Disaster, Who Moves?

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

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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.