Ports, Rails and Airwaves is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how place affects movement of people, goods and ideas, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.7.3-5. 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 17 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Ports, Rails and Airwaves
D2.Geo.7.3-5
NameDate
Draw a line from each feature to what follows.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A rail network carrying materials
A trade agreement fixing supply
Petrol rationing
A national radio service
A.Goods move on terms set years in advance
B.Bricks reach sites far from where they were made
C.Fewer journeys, and those by rail rather than road
D.One broadcast reaches every district at once
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A national newspaper
A new arterial road to an estate
A city ringed by hills
A deep-water port
A.Traffic and growth are funnelled through a few gaps
B.An argument in one city is read in every other
C.Families can live there and work in the centre
D.Timber and machine tools enter the country in bulk
LessonPrint · D2.Geo.7.3-5 · Set 17 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Ports, Rails and Airwaves
Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A rail network carrying materials — B (Bricks reach sites far from where they were made) 2. A trade agreement fixing supply — A (Goods move on terms set years in advance) 3. Petrol rationing — C (Fewer journeys, and those by rail rather than road) 4. A national radio service — D (One broadcast reaches every district at once)
2.1. A national newspaper — B (An argument in one city is read in every other) 2. A new arterial road to an estate — C (Families can live there and work in the centre) 3. A city ringed by hills — A (Traffic and growth are funnelled through a few gaps) 4. A deep-water port — D (Timber and machine tools enter the country in bulk)
More practice for D2.Geo.7.3-5
Explain how a place's character affects who and what moves through it.
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