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 2 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 trade agreement fixing supply
A national newspaper
A deep-water port
A national radio service
A.Goods move on terms set years in advance
B.Timber and machine tools enter the country in bulk
C.One broadcast reaches every district at once
D.An argument in one city is read in every other
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
Petrol rationing
A new arterial road to an estate
A rail network carrying materials
A city ringed by hills
A.Bricks reach sites far from where they were made
B.Families can live there and work in the centre
C.Traffic and growth are funnelled through a few gaps
D.Fewer journeys, and those by rail rather than road
LessonPrint · D2.Geo.7.3-5 · Set 2 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Ports, Rails and Airwaves
Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A trade agreement fixing supply — A (Goods move on terms set years in advance) 2. A national newspaper — D (An argument in one city is read in every other) 3. A deep-water port — B (Timber and machine tools enter the country in bulk) 4. A national radio service — C (One broadcast reaches every district at once)
2.1. Petrol rationing — D (Fewer journeys, and those by rail rather than road) 2. A new arterial road to an estate — B (Families can live there and work in the centre) 3. A rail network carrying materials — A (Bricks reach sites far from where they were made) 4. A city ringed by hills — C (Traffic and growth are funnelled through a few gaps)
More practice for D2.Geo.7.3-5
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