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Four Million Homes, and After is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on effects of catastrophic events on settlement, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.9.3-5. It prints 8 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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Four Million Homes, and After

D2.Geo.9.3-5

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1.A flood makes a river valley unsafe to rebuild on. What follows?
  • A.The valley is filled
  • B.Rebuilding is directed to higher ground and the valley is left clear
  • C.The river is moved
2.Which record would show a shortage's effect on a city?
  • A.The trade agreement
  • B.The letters page
  • C.The council report's completions and waiting list
3.Who leaves a damaged district and who stays?
  • A.Only the old stay
  • B.Nobody leaves
  • C.Those with work or family elsewhere leave; those without stay
4.Why is a slow shortage harder to see than a bombing raid?
  • A.It has no single day and shows only in figures over time
  • B.It affects nobody
  • C.It is smaller
5.A brickworks closes. What follows for the sites depending on it?
  • A.Sites close for good
  • B.Homes are built of timber automatically
  • C.Building is delayed until bricks can be brought from elsewhere
6.Bombing destroys four million homes. What follows for settlement?
  • A.Everybody emigrates
  • B.Nothing changes
  • C.Families crowd in with relatives while a rebuilding programme begins
7.Materials run short nationally. Who feels it first?
  • A.The districts lowest in the allocation, whatever their need
  • B.The suppliers
  • C.The government
8.Why does a disaster reshape a city permanently?
  • A.What is rebuilt is decided afresh rather than restored exactly
  • B.Streets cannot be redrawn
  • C.Rubble cannot be cleared

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Answer key — Four Million Homes, and After

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Rebuilding is directed to higher ground and the valley is left clear
  2. 2.The council report's completions and waiting list
  3. 3.Those with work or family elsewhere leave; those without stay
  4. 4.It has no single day and shows only in figures over time
  5. 5.Building is delayed until bricks can be brought from elsewhere
  6. 6.Families crowd in with relatives while a rebuilding programme begins
  7. 7.The districts lowest in the allocation, whatever their need
  8. 8.What is rebuilt is decided afresh rather than restored exactly

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.9.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.