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.
Coal seams under the hills
Timber in the valley woods
Limestone in the ridge
Salt beneath the plain
A.A quarry and the cottages of quarrymen
B.Pit villages grow where the shafts are sunk
C.Pans, works and a town that grew on salt
D.Sawpits and a yard of boat builders
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Fast water in the stream
Clay in the low fields
A spring of clean water
Rich meadow by the river
A.The first houses of the village cluster round it
B.Dairy farms and a creamery
C.A brickworks and its kilns
D.Mills strung along the bank
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Answer key — Settling Where the Resources Are
Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Coal seams under the hills — B (Pit villages grow where the shafts are sunk) 2. Timber in the valley woods — D (Sawpits and a yard of boat builders) 3. Limestone in the ridge — A (A quarry and the cottages of quarrymen) 4. Salt beneath the plain — C (Pans, works and a town that grew on salt)
2.1. Fast water in the stream — D (Mills strung along the bank) 2. Clay in the low fields — C (A brickworks and its kilns) 3. A spring of clean water — A (The first houses of the village cluster round it) 4. Rich meadow by the river — B (Dairy farms and a creamery)
More practice for D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how where people settle relates to the natural resources nearby.