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.
A spring of clean water
Limestone in the ridge
Clay in the low fields
Coal seams under the hills
A.A quarry and the cottages of quarrymen
B.A brickworks and its kilns
C.Pit villages grow where the shafts are sunk
D.The first houses of the village cluster round it
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Fast water in the stream
Timber in the valley woods
Rich meadow by the river
Salt beneath the plain
A.Mills strung along the bank
B.Sawpits and a yard of boat builders
C.Dairy farms and a creamery
D.Pans, works and a town that grew on salt
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Answer key — Settling Where the Resources Are
Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A spring of clean water — D (The first houses of the village cluster round it) 2. Limestone in the ridge — A (A quarry and the cottages of quarrymen) 3. Clay in the low fields — B (A brickworks and its kilns) 4. Coal seams under the hills — C (Pit villages grow where the shafts are sunk)
2.1. Fast water in the stream — A (Mills strung along the bank) 2. Timber in the valley woods — B (Sawpits and a yard of boat builders) 3. Rich meadow by the river — C (Dairy farms and a creamery) 4. Salt beneath the plain — D (Pans, works and a town that grew on salt)
More practice for D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how where people settle relates to the natural resources nearby.