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Continents: Where People Live is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on comparing where people live across the continents, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Geo.6.3-5. 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 students 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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Continents: Where People Live

D2.Geo.6.3-5

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1.Which continent has the second most people?
  • A.Australia
  • B.Antarctica
  • C.Africa
2.Why have many large cities grown up beside rivers and coasts?
  • A.Rivers keep people away
  • B.Water helps with trade, travel, drinking and farming
  • C.Coasts have no weather
3.Why do very few people live in the middle of the Sahara?
  • A.It is covered in ice
  • B.There is very little water
  • C.It is too crowded
4.Why do most Canadians live in the south of Canada, near the US border?
  • A.The south is warmer and better for farming
  • B.The south is covered by glaciers
  • C.The north has more cities
5.Why do most people in Egypt live along the Nile River?
  • A.The river is frozen all year
  • B.The river gives water for drinking and farming in a desert
  • C.Mountains cover the rest of Egypt
6.Which is the smallest continent?
  • A.Australia
  • B.Asia
  • C.Africa
7.Europe is small but has many people. What helped people settle there?
  • A.Almost no rain anywhere
  • B.Thick ice sheets
  • C.A mild climate and good farmland
8.Why do few people live high in the Himalayas?
  • A.It is cold and steep, and hard to farm
  • B.It is too flat
  • C.It is too hot and wet

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Answer key — Continents: Where People Live

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  1. 1.Africa
  2. 2.Water helps with trade, travel, drinking and farming
  3. 3.There is very little water
  4. 4.The south is warmer and better for farming
  5. 5.The river gives water for drinking and farming in a desert
  6. 6.Australia
  7. 7.A mild climate and good farmland
  8. 8.It is cold and steep, and hard to farm

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.6.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.