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Cleared Land and Standing Homes is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on location and environmental characteristics, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.2.3-5. 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 7 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Cleared Land and Standing Homes

D2.Geo.2.3-5

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Draw a line from each place to what follows from it.

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Answer key — Cleared Land and Standing Homes

Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A river valley liable to flood — C (Cleared land that nobody should rebuild on) 2. A village untouched by the war — B (Homes standing, and no claim on scarce materials) 3. A district built on clay — A (Bricks made close to where they are laid) 4. A city centre flattened by bombing — D (Cleared land available, and the greatest need beside it)
  2. 2.1. A hillside above a city — D (Building costs more, and every home has a view) 2. A port with deep water — A (Timber and machine tools can be landed in bulk) 3. A city hemmed in by hills — B (Nowhere to spread, so building must go upward) 4. A coalfield district — C (Fuel for the brickworks at the door)

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.2.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.