Settling Where the Resources Are is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on settlement and the use of natural resources, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.8.3-5. It prints 2 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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Settling Where the Resources Are
D2.Geo.8.3-5
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Draw a line from each resource to the settlement it made.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Salt beneath the plain
Fast water in the stream
Clay in the low fields
Timber in the valley woods
A.Pans, works and a town that grew on salt
B.Sawpits and a yard of boat builders
C.Mills strung along the bank
D.A brickworks and its kilns
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Rich meadow by the river
A spring of clean water
Coal seams under the hills
Limestone in the ridge
A.The first houses of the village cluster round it
B.Dairy farms and a creamery
C.Pit villages grow where the shafts are sunk
D.A quarry and the cottages of quarrymen
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Answer key — Settling Where the Resources Are
Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Salt beneath the plain — A (Pans, works and a town that grew on salt) 2. Fast water in the stream — C (Mills strung along the bank) 3. Clay in the low fields — D (A brickworks and its kilns) 4. Timber in the valley woods — B (Sawpits and a yard of boat builders)
2.1. Rich meadow by the river — B (Dairy farms and a creamery) 2. A spring of clean water — A (The first houses of the village cluster round it) 3. Coal seams under the hills — C (Pit villages grow where the shafts are sunk) 4. Limestone in the ridge — D (A quarry and the cottages of quarrymen)
More practice for D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how where people settle relates to the natural resources nearby.