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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.Why have many large cities grown up beside rivers and coasts?
  • A.Coasts have no weather
  • B.Water helps with trade, travel, drinking and farming
  • C.Rivers keep people away
2.Which continent has the most people?
  • A.Australia
  • B.Antarctica
  • C.Asia
3.Which is the smallest continent?
  • A.Asia
  • B.Australia
  • C.Africa
4.Why do very few people live in the middle of the Sahara?
  • A.It is covered in ice
  • B.It is too crowded
  • C.There is very little water
5.Why do few people live in the Outback of Australia?
  • A.It is very dry and hot
  • B.It is covered by one big city
  • C.It is under the sea
6.Which continent has the second most people?
  • A.Australia
  • B.Africa
  • C.Antarctica
7.Europe is small but has many people. What helped people settle there?
  • A.Almost no rain anywhere
  • B.A mild climate and good farmland
  • C.Thick ice sheets
8.Why do few people live high in the Himalayas?
  • A.It is too hot and wet
  • B.It is too flat
  • C.It is cold and steep, and hard to farm

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Answer key — Continents: Where People Live

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  1. 1.Water helps with trade, travel, drinking and farming
  2. 2.Asia
  3. 3.Australia
  4. 4.There is very little water
  5. 5.It is very dry and hot
  6. 6.Africa
  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.