Characteristics of Communities - Cut and Paste Worksheet | Teach ... - Free Printable

To solve this problem, we need to sort the different community characteristics into three groups: Rural, Suburban, and Urban. Let’s think about what each type of community is like.

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Step 1: Understand the three types of communities

- Rural: These are countryside areas. Think farms, small villages, lots of open land, few people living close together.
- Suburban: These are neighborhoods near cities. Not too crowded, but not empty either. Houses with yards, schools, maybe a park or two. People often commute to the city for work.
- Urban: These are big cities. Lots of tall buildings, many people, busy streets, offices, hospitals, shops all packed together.

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Step 2: Look at each characteristic and decide where it fits

Let’s go one by one:

1. “crowded; has office buildings, shops, hospitals, and leisure facilities”
→ This sounds like a big city → Urban

2. Picture of a barn
→ Barns are on farms → Rural

3. “medium population”
→ Not too many, not too few → typical of suburbs → Suburban

4. “city”
→ Obviously → Urban

5. “small population”
→ Few people → likely rural → Rural

6. Picture of a house with trees and fence (suburban-style home)
→ Looks like a neighborhood outside the city → Suburban

7. “village or town”
→ Small settlement → usually rural → Rural

8. “large population”
→ Many people → city life → Urban

9. “not crowded; has homes, schools and parks”
→ Quiet, planned neighborhoods → Suburban

10. Picture of skyscrapers/city skyline
→ Big city → Urban

11. “lots of open land used for farming”
→ Farming = countryside → Rural

12. “semi-isolated dwellings”
→ Houses far apart, maybe in the country → Rural

Wait — let’s double-check “semi-isolated dwellings.” That could also be suburban if they’re spread out, but typically “semi-isolated” means very spaced out, which leans more rural. But looking again — suburban areas can have semi-detached or isolated houses too? Hmm.

Actually, in standard educational materials:

- “Semi-isolated dwellings” usually refers to rural areas where homes are far from neighbors.
- Suburban homes are closer together than rural, but not as dense as urban.

So yes — semi-isolated dwellings → Rural

But wait — let’s check common curriculum standards.

In most elementary social studies:

✔ Rural: village/town, barn, farming land, small population, semi-isolated dwellings
✔ Suburban: medium population, not crowded, homes/schools/parks, picture of single-family house with yard
✔ Urban: city, large population, crowded with offices/shops/hospitals, skyline picture

That matches.

Now let’s group them clearly.

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Final Grouping:

Rural:
- Picture of barn
- small population
- village or town
- lots of open land used for farming
- semi-isolated dwellings

Suburban:
- medium population
- Picture of suburban house (with tree/fence)
- not crowded; has homes, schools and parks

Urban:
- crowded; has office buildings, shops, hospitals, and leisure facilities
- city
- large population
- Picture of city skyline

Wait — that’s 5 for Rural, 3 for Suburban, 4 for Urban. Total 12 items — correct.

Let me list them exactly as they appear in the image (left to right, top row then bottom row):

Top row of cutouts (from left to right):
1. crowded; has office buildings... → Urban
2. barn → Rural
3. medium population → Suburban
4. city → Urban
5. small population → Rural
6. suburban house pic → Suburban

Bottom row:
7. village or town → Rural
8. large population → Urban
9. not crowded; has homes... → Suburban
10. city skyline → Urban
11. lots of open land... → Rural
12. semi-isolated dwellings → Rural

Yes — that’s consistent.

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Final Answer:

Rural:
- barn
- small population
- village or town
- lots of open land used for farming
- semi-isolated dwellings

Suburban:
- medium population
- suburban house picture
- not crowded; has homes, schools and parks

Urban:
- crowded; has office buildings, shops, hospitals, and leisure facilities
- city
- large population
- city skyline picture