Where a Place Is, What It Is Like is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on location and environmental characteristics, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.2.3-5. 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 14 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
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Where a Place Is, What It Is Like
D2.Geo.2.3-5
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Draw a line from each place to what follows from it.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A mill beside a fast stream
A farm on flat river meadow
A port on a deep bay
A quarry village under a limestone ridge
A.Stone to cut and carts to carry it away
B.Ships can come close to shore to unload
C.Water power turns the wheel all year
D.Rich soil that floods in a wet winter
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A settlement beside a coalfield
A junction where two valleys meet
A town at a river crossing
A village high on a moor
A.Trade gathers where everybody must pass
B.Pits and smoke, and work for those who dig
C.Few people, thin soil, and long walks to market
D.Routes converge, so a market grows
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Answer key — Where a Place Is, What It Is Like
Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A mill beside a fast stream — C (Water power turns the wheel all year) 2. A farm on flat river meadow — D (Rich soil that floods in a wet winter) 3. A port on a deep bay — B (Ships can come close to shore to unload) 4. A quarry village under a limestone ridge — A (Stone to cut and carts to carry it away)
2.1. A settlement beside a coalfield — B (Pits and smoke, and work for those who dig) 2. A junction where two valleys meet — D (Routes converge, so a market grows) 3. A town at a river crossing — A (Trade gathers where everybody must pass) 4. A village high on a moor — C (Few people, thin soil, and long walks to market)
More practice for D2.Geo.2.3-5
Use maps and satellite images to explain how where a place is shapes what it is like.