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
A spring of clean water
Salt beneath the plain
Fast water in the stream
A.Pans, works and a town that grew on salt
B.The first houses of the village cluster round it
C.Mills strung along the bank
D.A quarry and the cottages of quarrymen
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Timber in the valley woods
Rich meadow by the river
Coal seams under the hills
Clay in the low fields
A.Pit villages grow where the shafts are sunk
B.A brickworks and its kilns
C.Sawpits and a yard of boat builders
D.Dairy farms and a creamery
LessonPrint · D2.Geo.8.3-5 · Set 9 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Settling Where the Resources Are
Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Limestone in the ridge — D (A quarry and the cottages of quarrymen) 2. A spring of clean water — B (The first houses of the village cluster round it) 3. Salt beneath the plain — A (Pans, works and a town that grew on salt) 4. Fast water in the stream — C (Mills strung along the bank)
2.1. Timber in the valley woods — C (Sawpits and a yard of boat builders) 2. Rich meadow by the river — D (Dairy farms and a creamery) 3. Coal seams under the hills — A (Pit villages grow where the shafts are sunk) 4. Clay in the low fields — B (A brickworks and its kilns)
More practice for D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how where people settle relates to the natural resources nearby.