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People Who Built New Communities is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how individuals founded or expanded American communities, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.His.3.3-5. It prints 5 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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People Who Built New Communities

D2.His.3.3-5

NameDate

Match each person to what they did, then circle the best answers.

1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • Pierre-Charles L'Enfant
  • John Smith
  • Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
  • Brigham Young
  • A.Led Latter-day Saint settlers to found Salt Lake City in 1847
  • B.Founded St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565
  • C.Designed the plan for Washington, D.C. in 1791
  • D.Helped lead the Jamestown colony in Virginia
2.What was Sacagawea's home nation?
  • A.The Seminole
  • B.The Inuit
  • C.The Shoshone
3.Which question asks about the effects of Columbus's voyages?
  • A.What did Columbus eat for breakfast?
  • B.What color were his ships' sails?
  • C.How did life change for the people already living in the Caribbean?
4.Why did Daniel Boone's Wilderness Road matter to the Shawnee and Cherokee?
  • A.Settlers on the road took over lands where they hunted
  • B.It had nothing to do with them
  • C.It brought them new land of their own
5.Which question would help you learn how a person shaped a community?
  • A.What was this person's favorite color?
  • B.How tall was this person?
  • C.What did this person build or change, and who did it affect?

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Answer key — People Who Built New Communities

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Pierre-Charles L'Enfant — C (Designed the plan for Washington, D.C. in 1791) 2. John Smith — D (Helped lead the Jamestown colony in Virginia) 3. Pedro Menéndez de Avilés — B (Founded St. Augustine, Florida, in 1565) 4. Brigham Young — A (Led Latter-day Saint settlers to found Salt Lake City in 1847)
  2. 2.The Shoshone
  3. 3.How did life change for the people already living in the Caribbean?
  4. 4.Settlers on the road took over lands where they hunted
  5. 5.What did this person build or change, and who did it affect?

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.3.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.