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.
Limestone in nearby hills
Clay beds near a city
A coalfield
Sand and gravel in a river terrace
A.Concrete works beside the pits
B.Brickworks, and estates built of local brick
C.Cement works and quarry settlements
D.Pit villages, and fuel for the kilns nearby
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Fast water in an upland valley
Iron ore and coal in one district
Flat well-drained land at a city edge
Deep water at a river mouth
A.Steelworks, and the town that grew round them
B.A port, and warehouses for imported timber
C.A reservoir supplying the city below
D.Estates laid out street by street
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Answer key — Building From What Lies Beneath
Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Limestone in nearby hills — C (Cement works and quarry settlements) 2. Clay beds near a city — B (Brickworks, and estates built of local brick) 3. A coalfield — D (Pit villages, and fuel for the kilns nearby) 4. Sand and gravel in a river terrace — A (Concrete works beside the pits)
2.1. Fast water in an upland valley — C (A reservoir supplying the city below) 2. Iron ore and coal in one district — A (Steelworks, and the town that grew round them) 3. Flat well-drained land at a city edge — D (Estates laid out street by street) 4. Deep water at a river mouth — B (A port, and warehouses for imported timber)
More practice for D2.Geo.8.3-5
Explain how where people settle relates to the natural resources nearby.