Villages Built on What Was There is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on settlement and the use of natural resources, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.8.3-5. 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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Villages Built on What Was There
D2.Geo.8.3-5
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Draw a line from each resource to the settlement it made.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Clay under the low fields
Deep water in a sheltered bay
Coal measures under the district
Rich reclaimed marsh
A.A quay, warehouses and dockers' houses
B.Brickworks and kilns beside the pits
C.Large farms with few but bigger holdings
D.Pit rows and a colliery village
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Standing timber in the uplands
A spring line on the hillside
Limestone in the ridge
Fast water in a gorge
A.Sawmills and a yard for shipbuilding
B.Villages strung along one contour
C.Quarries and lime kilns above the town
D.Water mills and the cottages beside them
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Answer key — Villages Built on What Was There
Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Clay under the low fields — B (Brickworks and kilns beside the pits) 2. Deep water in a sheltered bay — A (A quay, warehouses and dockers' houses) 3. Coal measures under the district — D (Pit rows and a colliery village) 4. Rich reclaimed marsh — C (Large farms with few but bigger holdings)
2.1. Standing timber in the uplands — A (Sawmills and a yard for shipbuilding) 2. A spring line on the hillside — B (Villages strung along one contour) 3. Limestone in the ridge — C (Quarries and lime kilns above the town) 4. Fast water in a gorge — D (Water mills and the cottages beside them)
More practice for D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how where people settle relates to the natural resources nearby.