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
A spring line on the hillside
Coal measures under the district
A.A quay, warehouses and dockers' houses
B.Pit rows and a colliery village
C.Brickworks and kilns beside the pits
D.Villages strung along one contour
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Limestone in the ridge
Rich reclaimed marsh
Fast water in a gorge
Standing timber in the uplands
A.Water mills and the cottages beside them
B.Sawmills and a yard for shipbuilding
C.Quarries and lime kilns above the town
D.Large farms with few but bigger holdings
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Answer key — Villages Built on What Was There
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Clay under the low fields — C (Brickworks and kilns beside the pits) 2. Deep water in a sheltered bay — A (A quay, warehouses and dockers' houses) 3. A spring line on the hillside — D (Villages strung along one contour) 4. Coal measures under the district — B (Pit rows and a colliery village)
2.1. Limestone in the ridge — C (Quarries and lime kilns above the town) 2. Rich reclaimed marsh — D (Large farms with few but bigger holdings) 3. Fast water in a gorge — A (Water mills and the cottages beside them) 4. Standing timber in the uplands — B (Sawmills and a yard for shipbuilding)
More practice for D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how where people settle relates to the natural resources nearby.