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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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Circle the best answer.

1.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
2.Why is a slow shortage harder to see than a bombing raid?
  • A.It affects nobody
  • B.It is smaller
  • C.It has no single day and shows only in figures over time
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 does a disaster reshape a city permanently?
  • A.Rubble cannot be cleared
  • B.What is rebuilt is decided afresh rather than restored exactly
  • C.Streets cannot be redrawn
5.A flood makes a river valley unsafe to rebuild on. What follows?
  • A.Rebuilding is directed to higher ground and the valley is left clear
  • B.The river is moved
  • C.The valley is filled
6.Bombing destroys four million homes. What follows for settlement?
  • A.Nothing changes
  • B.Everybody emigrates
  • C.Families crowd in with relatives while a rebuilding programme begins
7.A brickworks closes. What follows for the sites depending on it?
  • A.Homes are built of timber automatically
  • B.Sites close for good
  • C.Building is delayed until bricks can be brought from elsewhere
8.Materials run short nationally. Who feels it first?
  • A.The districts lowest in the allocation, whatever their need
  • B.The suppliers
  • C.The government

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Answer key — Four Million Homes, and After

Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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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.