Funnels, Barriers and Wires is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how place affects movement of people and goods, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.7.3-5. 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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Funnels, Barriers and Wires
D2.Geo.7.3-5
NameDate
Draw a line from each feature to what follows.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A regional newspaper
A deep-water harbour
An emigration agent in the high street
Dues charged on landed cargo
A.Some shippers unload at the next port instead
B.Arguments about the wage cut reach every district
C.Grain and timber arrive from across the sea
D.People leave the region for good
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A telegraph line to the quay
A single bridge over the estuary
A weekly market in the mill town
A steep unroaded ridge
A.All road traffic funnels through one crossing
B.Buyers and carts converge one day in seven
C.Almost nothing crosses, and the two sides stay apart
D.Prices and news travel faster than any cargo
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Answer key — Funnels, Barriers and Wires
Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A regional newspaper — B (Arguments about the wage cut reach every district) 2. A deep-water harbour — C (Grain and timber arrive from across the sea) 3. An emigration agent in the high street — D (People leave the region for good) 4. Dues charged on landed cargo — A (Some shippers unload at the next port instead)
2.1. A telegraph line to the quay — D (Prices and news travel faster than any cargo) 2. A single bridge over the estuary — A (All road traffic funnels through one crossing) 3. A weekly market in the mill town — B (Buyers and carts converge one day in seven) 4. A steep unroaded ridge — C (Almost nothing crosses, and the two sides stay apart)
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