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.
Limestone in the ridge
Timber in the valley woods
Salt beneath the plain
Rich meadow by the river
A.A quarry and the cottages of quarrymen
B.Dairy farms and a creamery
C.Sawpits and a yard of boat builders
D.Pans, works and a town that grew on salt
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Clay in the low fields
Fast water in the stream
Coal seams under the hills
A spring of clean water
A.A brickworks and its kilns
B.Mills strung along the bank
C.The first houses of the village cluster round it
D.Pit villages grow where the shafts are sunk
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Answer key — Settling Where the Resources Are
Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Limestone in the ridge — A (A quarry and the cottages of quarrymen) 2. Timber in the valley woods — C (Sawpits and a yard of boat builders) 3. Salt beneath the plain — D (Pans, works and a town that grew on salt) 4. Rich meadow by the river — B (Dairy farms and a creamery)
2.1. Clay in the low fields — A (A brickworks and its kilns) 2. Fast water in the stream — B (Mills strung along the bank) 3. Coal seams under the hills — D (Pit villages grow where the shafts are sunk) 4. A spring of clean water — C (The first houses of the village cluster round it)
More practice for D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how where people settle relates to the natural resources nearby.