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Building From What Lies Beneath 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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Building From What Lies Beneath

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 — Building From What Lies Beneath

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A coalfield — A (Pit villages, and fuel for the kilns nearby) 2. Deep water at a river mouth — B (A port, and warehouses for imported timber) 3. Clay beds near a city — C (Brickworks, and estates built of local brick) 4. Iron ore and coal in one district — D (Steelworks, and the town that grew round them)
  2. 2.1. Fast water in an upland valley — B (A reservoir supplying the city below) 2. Flat well-drained land at a city edge — C (Estates laid out street by street) 3. Limestone in nearby hills — D (Cement works and quarry settlements) 4. Sand and gravel in a river terrace — A (Concrete works beside the pits)

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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.