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 village high on a moor
A town at a river crossing
A junction where two valleys meet
A settlement beside a coalfield
A.Few people, thin soil, and long walks to market
B.Trade gathers where everybody must pass
C.Routes converge, so a market grows
D.Pits and smoke, and work for those who dig
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A mill beside a fast stream
A quarry village under a limestone ridge
A farm on flat river meadow
A port on a deep bay
A.Ships can come close to shore to unload
B.Water power turns the wheel all year
C.Rich soil that floods in a wet winter
D.Stone to cut and carts to carry it away
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Answer key — Where a Place Is, What It Is Like
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A village high on a moor — A (Few people, thin soil, and long walks to market) 2. A town at a river crossing — B (Trade gathers where everybody must pass) 3. A junction where two valleys meet — C (Routes converge, so a market grows) 4. A settlement beside a coalfield — D (Pits and smoke, and work for those who dig)
2.1. A mill beside a fast stream — B (Water power turns the wheel all year) 2. A quarry village under a limestone ridge — D (Stone to cut and carts to carry it away) 3. A farm on flat river meadow — C (Rich soil that floods in a wet winter) 4. A port on a deep bay — A (Ships can come close to shore to unload)
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.