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.
A spring line on the hillside
Rich reclaimed marsh
Fast water in a gorge
Coal measures under the district
A.Large farms with few but bigger holdings
B.Pit rows and a colliery village
C.Water mills and the cottages beside them
D.Villages strung along one contour
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Deep water in a sheltered bay
Standing timber in the uplands
Clay under the low fields
Limestone in the ridge
A.Quarries and lime kilns above the town
B.Brickworks and kilns beside the pits
C.Sawmills and a yard for shipbuilding
D.A quay, warehouses and dockers' houses
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Answer key — Villages Built on What Was There
Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A spring line on the hillside — D (Villages strung along one contour) 2. Rich reclaimed marsh — A (Large farms with few but bigger holdings) 3. Fast water in a gorge — C (Water mills and the cottages beside them) 4. Coal measures under the district — B (Pit rows and a colliery village)
2.1. Deep water in a sheltered bay — D (A quay, warehouses and dockers' houses) 2. Standing timber in the uplands — C (Sawmills and a yard for shipbuilding) 3. Clay under the low fields — B (Brickworks and kilns beside the pits) 4. Limestone in the ridge — A (Quarries and lime kilns above the town)
More practice for D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how where people settle relates to the natural resources nearby.