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.
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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 village high on a moor
A junction where two valleys meet
A.Rich soil that floods in a wet winter
B.Routes converge, so a market grows
C.Water power turns the wheel all year
D.Few people, thin soil, and long walks to market
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A port on a deep bay
A settlement beside a coalfield
A town at a river crossing
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.Pits and smoke, and work for those who dig
D.Trade gathers where everybody must pass
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Answer key — Where a Place Is, What It Is Like
Set 15. 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 — A (Rich soil that floods in a wet winter) 3. A village high on a moor — D (Few people, thin soil, and long walks to market) 4. A junction where two valleys meet — B (Routes converge, so a market grows)
2.1. A port on a deep bay — B (Ships can come close to shore to unload) 2. A settlement beside a coalfield — C (Pits and smoke, and work for those who dig) 3. A town at a river crossing — D (Trade gathers where everybody must pass) 4. A quarry village under a limestone ridge — A (Stone to cut and carts to carry it away)
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.