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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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.
Deep water at a river mouth
Iron ore and coal in one district
Limestone in nearby hills
Clay beds near a city
A.A port, and warehouses for imported timber
B.Steelworks, and the town that grew round them
C.Cement works and quarry settlements
D.Brickworks, and estates built of local brick
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Fast water in an upland valley
Sand and gravel in a river terrace
A coalfield
Flat well-drained land at a city edge
A.Estates laid out street by street
B.Concrete works beside the pits
C.A reservoir supplying the city below
D.Pit villages, and fuel for the kilns nearby
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Answer key — Building From What Lies Beneath
Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Deep water at a river mouth — A (A port, and warehouses for imported timber) 2. Iron ore and coal in one district — B (Steelworks, and the town that grew round them) 3. Limestone in nearby hills — C (Cement works and quarry settlements) 4. Clay beds near a city — D (Brickworks, and estates built of local brick)
2.1. Fast water in an upland valley — C (A reservoir supplying the city below) 2. Sand and gravel in a river terrace — B (Concrete works beside the pits) 3. A coalfield — D (Pit villages, and fuel for the kilns nearby) 4. Flat well-drained land at a city edge — A (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.