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