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 junction where two valleys meet
A town at a river crossing
A settlement beside a coalfield
A mill beside a fast stream
A.Pits and smoke, and work for those who dig
B.Routes converge, so a market grows
C.Trade gathers where everybody must pass
D.Water power turns the wheel all year
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A village high on a moor
A farm on flat river meadow
A quarry village under a limestone ridge
A port on a deep bay
A.Few people, thin soil, and long walks to market
B.Ships can come close to shore to unload
C.Stone to cut and carts to carry it away
D.Rich soil that floods in a wet winter
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Answer key — Where a Place Is, What It Is Like
Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A junction where two valleys meet — B (Routes converge, so a market grows) 2. A town at a river crossing — C (Trade gathers where everybody must pass) 3. A settlement beside a coalfield — A (Pits and smoke, and work for those who dig) 4. A mill beside a fast stream — D (Water power turns the wheel all year)
2.1. A village high on a moor — A (Few people, thin soil, and long walks to market) 2. A farm on flat river meadow — D (Rich soil that floods in a wet winter) 3. A quarry village under a limestone ridge — C (Stone to cut and carts to carry it away) 4. A port on a deep bay — B (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.