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 C3 Framework indicator 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 students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 9 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
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Draw a line from each feature to what follows.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A new arterial road to an estate
A national newspaper
Gas rationing
A rail network carrying materials
A.Bricks reach sites far from where they were made
B.An argument in one city is read in every other
C.Families can live there and work in the center
D.Fewer journeys, and those by rail rather than road
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A trade agreement fixing supply
A city ringed by hills
A national radio service
A deep-water port
A.Goods move on terms set years in advance
B.One broadcast reaches every district at once
C.Timber and machine tools enter the country in bulk
D.Traffic and growth are funneled through a few gaps
LessonPrint · D2.Geo.7.3-5 · Set 9 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Ports, Rails and Airwaves
Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A new arterial road to an estate — C (Families can live there and work in the center) 2. A national newspaper — B (An argument in one city is read in every other) 3. Gas rationing — D (Fewer journeys, and those by rail rather than road) 4. A rail network carrying materials — A (Bricks reach sites far from where they were made)
2.1. A trade agreement fixing supply — A (Goods move on terms set years in advance) 2. A city ringed by hills — D (Traffic and growth are funneled through a few gaps) 3. A national radio service — B (One broadcast reaches every district at once) 4. A deep-water port — C (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.
Teaching this next? Ports, Rails and Airwaves is the 55-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.