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What Moves and What Does Not is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how place affects movement of people and goods, 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.

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What Moves and What Does Not

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 steep pass with no road
  • A navigable canal along the valley
  • A newspaper printed in the town
  • A river too shallow for barges
  • A.Few people or goods cross it
  • B.Heavy cargo moves cheaply from end to end
  • C.Goods must go the long way by road
  • D.News spreads outward along the routes
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
  • A bridge built at the ford
  • A toll charged on the turnpike
  • A railway to the county town
  • A market held every Tuesday
  • A.Traffic that once waited now crosses freely
  • B.Some carters take the slower free road instead
  • C.People travel there and back in a day
  • D.Carts and buyers converge one day a week

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Answer key — What Moves and What Does Not

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. A steep pass with no road — A (Few people or goods cross it) 2. A navigable canal along the valley — B (Heavy cargo moves cheaply from end to end) 3. A newspaper printed in the town — D (News spreads outward along the routes) 4. A river too shallow for barges — C (Goods must go the long way by road)
  2. 2.1. A bridge built at the ford — A (Traffic that once waited now crosses freely) 2. A toll charged on the turnpike — B (Some carters take the slower free road instead) 3. A railway to the county town — C (People travel there and back in a day) 4. A market held every Tuesday — D (Carts and buyers converge one day a week)

Questions about What Moves and What Does Not

What does the What Moves and What Does Not worksheet cover?

It practises how place affects movement of people and goods — 2 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on Common Core D2.Geo.7.3-5: Explain how a place's character affects who and what moves through it. The instruction to pupils is “Draw a line from each feature to what follows”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does What Moves and What Does Not practise?

D2.Geo.7.3-5 — D2.Geo.7.3-5, in the Geography domain for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Explain how cultural and environmental characteristics affect the distribution and movement of people, goods, and ideas.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

What Moves and What Does Not is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.Geo.7.3-5, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does What Moves and What Does Not come with an answer key?

Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of What Moves and What Does Not can I print?

25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is What Moves and What Does Not free to print and photocopy?

Yes. What Moves and What Does Not, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

Is there a lesson plan to teach D2.Geo.7.3-5?

Yes — “What Moves Through a Place” is a 45-minute Grade 3 to Grade 5 plan for D2.Geo.7.3-5, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. What Moves and What Does Not is the practice that follows it.

More practice for D2.Geo.7.3-5

Explain how a place's character affects who and what moves through it.

Teaching this next? What Moves Through a Place is the 45-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.7.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.