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.
Set 14 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
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.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A coalfield
Limestone in nearby hills
Deep water at a river mouth
Clay beds near a city
A.Pit villages, and fuel for the kilns nearby
B.Cement works and quarry settlements
C.Brickworks, and estates built of local brick
D.A port, and warehouses for imported timber
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Fast water in an upland valley
Iron ore and coal in one district
Sand and gravel in a river terrace
Flat well-drained land at a city edge
A.A reservoir supplying the city below
B.Concrete works beside the pits
C.Steelworks, and the town that grew round them
D.Estates laid out street by street
LessonPrint · D2.Geo.8.3-5 · Set 14 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Building From What Lies Beneath
Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A coalfield — A (Pit villages, and fuel for the kilns nearby) 2. Limestone in nearby hills — B (Cement works and quarry settlements) 3. Deep water at a river mouth — D (A port, and warehouses for imported timber) 4. Clay beds near a city — C (Brickworks, and estates built of local brick)
2.1. Fast water in an upland valley — A (A reservoir supplying the city below) 2. Iron ore and coal in one district — C (Steelworks, and the town that grew round them) 3. Sand and gravel in a river terrace — B (Concrete works beside the pits) 4. Flat well-drained land at a city edge — D (Estates laid out street by street)
More practice for D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how where people settle relates to the natural resources nearby.