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.
Set 21 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
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.
Salt beneath the plain
Rich meadow by the river
Timber in the valley woods
A spring of clean water
A.The first houses of the village cluster round it
B.Pans, works and a town that grew on salt
C.Dairy farms and a creamery
D.Sawpits and a yard of boat builders
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Fast water in the stream
Limestone in the ridge
Coal seams under the hills
Clay in the low fields
A.Pit villages grow where the shafts are sunk
B.Mills strung along the bank
C.A brickworks and its kilns
D.A quarry and the cottages of quarrymen
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Answer key — Settling Where the Resources Are
Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Salt beneath the plain — B (Pans, works and a town that grew on salt) 2. Rich meadow by the river — C (Dairy farms and a creamery) 3. Timber in the valley woods — D (Sawpits and a yard of boat builders) 4. A spring of clean water — A (The first houses of the village cluster round it)
2.1. Fast water in the stream — B (Mills strung along the bank) 2. Limestone in the ridge — D (A quarry and the cottages of quarrymen) 3. Coal seams under the hills — A (Pit villages grow where the shafts are sunk) 4. Clay in the low fields — C (A brickworks and its kilns)
More practice for D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how where people settle relates to the natural resources nearby.