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.
Limestone in the ridge
Standing timber in the uplands
Coal measures under the district
Fast water in a gorge
A.Quarries and lime kilns above the town
B.Pit rows and a colliery village
C.Sawmills and a yard for shipbuilding
D.Water mills and the cottages beside them
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A spring line on the hillside
Deep water in a sheltered bay
Rich reclaimed marsh
Clay under the low fields
A.Large farms with few but bigger holdings
B.Brickworks and kilns beside the pits
C.A quay, warehouses and dockers' houses
D.Villages strung along one contour
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Answer key — Villages Built on What Was There
Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Limestone in the ridge — A (Quarries and lime kilns above the town) 2. Standing timber in the uplands — C (Sawmills and a yard for shipbuilding) 3. Coal measures under the district — B (Pit rows and a colliery village) 4. Fast water in a gorge — D (Water mills and the cottages beside them)
2.1. A spring line on the hillside — D (Villages strung along one contour) 2. Deep water in a sheltered bay — C (A quay, warehouses and dockers' houses) 3. Rich reclaimed marsh — A (Large farms with few but bigger holdings) 4. Clay under the low fields — B (Brickworks and kilns beside the pits)
More practice for D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how where people settle relates to the natural resources nearby.