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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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
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.
Clay in the low fields
Coal seams under the hills
Rich meadow by the river
Fast water in the stream
A.A brickworks and its kilns
B.Pit villages grow where the shafts are sunk
C.Mills strung along the bank
D.Dairy farms and a creamery
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A spring of clean water
Timber in the valley woods
Salt beneath the plain
Limestone in the ridge
A.Sawpits and a yard of boat builders
B.Pans, works and a town that grew on salt
C.The first houses of the village cluster round it
D.A quarry and the cottages of quarrymen
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Answer key — Settling Where the Resources Are
Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Clay in the low fields — A (A brickworks and its kilns) 2. Coal seams under the hills — B (Pit villages grow where the shafts are sunk) 3. Rich meadow by the river — D (Dairy farms and a creamery) 4. Fast water in the stream — C (Mills strung along the bank)
2.1. A spring of clean water — C (The first houses of the village cluster round it) 2. Timber in the valley woods — A (Sawpits and a yard of boat builders) 3. Salt beneath the plain — B (Pans, works and a town that grew on salt) 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.