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 8 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.
Petrol rationing
A national newspaper
A deep-water port
A new arterial road to an estate
A.Timber and machine tools enter the country in bulk
B.Families can live there and work in the centre
C.Fewer journeys, and those by rail rather than road
D.An argument in one city is read in every other
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A national radio service
A trade agreement fixing supply
A rail network carrying materials
A city ringed by hills
A.Traffic and growth are funnelled through a few gaps
B.Goods move on terms set years in advance
C.One broadcast reaches every district at once
D.Bricks reach sites far from where they were made
LessonPrint · D2.Geo.7.3-5 · Set 8 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Ports, Rails and Airwaves
Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Petrol rationing — C (Fewer journeys, and those by rail rather than road) 2. A national newspaper — D (An argument in one city is read in every other) 3. A deep-water port — A (Timber and machine tools enter the country in bulk) 4. A new arterial road to an estate — B (Families can live there and work in the centre)
2.1. A national radio service — C (One broadcast reaches every district at once) 2. A trade agreement fixing supply — B (Goods move on terms set years in advance) 3. A rail network carrying materials — D (Bricks reach sites far from where they were made) 4. A city ringed by hills — A (Traffic and growth are funnelled through a few gaps)
More practice for D2.Geo.7.3-5
Explain how a place's character affects who and what moves through it.
Teaching this next? Ports, Rails and Airwaves is the 55-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.