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.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Clay beds near a city
Deep water at a river mouth
Sand and gravel in a river terrace
Fast water in an upland valley
A.Concrete works beside the pits
B.A port, and warehouses for imported timber
C.A reservoir supplying the city below
D.Brickworks, and estates built of local brick
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Limestone in nearby hills
A coalfield
Flat well-drained land at a city edge
Iron ore and coal in one district
A.Cement works and quarry settlements
B.Estates laid out street by street
C.Steelworks, and the town that grew round them
D.Pit villages, and fuel for the kilns nearby
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Answer key — Building From What Lies Beneath
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Clay beds near a city — D (Brickworks, and estates built of local brick) 2. Deep water at a river mouth — B (A port, and warehouses for imported timber) 3. Sand and gravel in a river terrace — A (Concrete works beside the pits) 4. Fast water in an upland valley — C (A reservoir supplying the city below)
2.1. Limestone in nearby hills — A (Cement works and quarry settlements) 2. A coalfield — D (Pit villages, and fuel for the kilns nearby) 3. Flat well-drained land at a city edge — B (Estates laid out street by street) 4. Iron ore and coal in one district — C (Steelworks, and the town that grew round them)
More practice for D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how where people settle relates to the natural resources nearby.