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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.

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Answer key — Villages Built on What Was There

Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 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. 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.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.8.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.