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.
Deep water in a sheltered bay
Limestone in the ridge
Rich reclaimed marsh
Fast water in a gorge
A.Water mills and the cottages beside them
B.Quarries and lime kilns above the town
C.A quay, warehouses and dockers' houses
D.Large farms with few but bigger holdings
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Clay under the low fields
Coal measures under the district
Standing timber in the uplands
A spring line on the hillside
A.Brickworks and kilns beside the pits
B.Pit rows and a colliery village
C.Sawmills and a yard for shipbuilding
D.Villages strung along one contour
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Answer key — Villages Built on What Was There
Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Deep water in a sheltered bay — C (A quay, warehouses and dockers' houses) 2. Limestone in the ridge — B (Quarries and lime kilns above the town) 3. Rich reclaimed marsh — D (Large farms with few but bigger holdings) 4. Fast water in a gorge — A (Water mills and the cottages beside them)
2.1. Clay under the low fields — A (Brickworks and kilns beside the pits) 2. Coal measures under the district — B (Pit rows and a colliery village) 3. Standing timber in the uplands — C (Sawmills and a yard for shipbuilding) 4. A spring line on the hillside — D (Villages strung along one contour)
More practice for D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how where people settle relates to the natural resources nearby.