6th grade Mexico at a glance: land, people, language and trade worksheet

Mexico at a glance: land, people, language and trade

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   People in cities and forests (World Bank, 2024)

   Country	People (millions)	Area (km²)	Live in cities	Forest cover (share of land)
   Mexico	130.9	1,957,194	79.8%	34.2%
   Brazil	212.0	8,510,420	87.9%	58.5%
   China	1,409.0	9,562,910	65.9%	24.0%
   Japan	124.0	377,975	92.2%	68.3%

   Treat each area as the land area. Shares are percents of a country's whole people or land.

2. 1.

   Ari wants to know how many people live in Mexico's cities. Use card B: about how many millions is 79.8% of 130.9 million?

   • About 10 million
   • About 26 million
   • About 79.8 million
   • About 104 million
3. 2.

   Japan has a higher city share than Brazil on card B. Bo asks which country has more people living in cities. Which is right?

   • Japan, with 92.2 million city dwellers against 87.9 million for Brazil
   • Japan, because 92.2% is greater than 87.9%, so Japan has more city people
   • Brazil, with about 186 million city dwellers against about 114 million
   • They are about equal, because both countries have more than 85% in cities
4. 3.

   Japan has a bigger forest share than Mexico on card B. Esme asks which country has more forest, in square kilometers. Which is right?

   • Japan, because 68.3% is a bigger share than 34.2%, so it has more forest
   • Japan, with about 669,000 km² of forest against about 258,000 for Mexico
   • Both have about the same, because the two shares add up to about 100%
   • Mexico, with about 669,000 km² of forest against about 258,000 for Japan
5. 4.

   Brazil's forest share is 58.5% of its land (card B). Jun wonders how big that forest is. Which is closest?

   • About 58.5 million km², which is bigger than the whole country
   • About 500,000 km², which is about a quarter of Mexico's whole area
   • About 3.5 million km², the part of the land that is not forest
   • About 5.0 million km², over twice the size of all of Mexico
6. 5.

   China's city share is lower than Mexico's on card B, but Kira thinks China may still have more city people. Is that right?

   • No, because 65.9 million people is fewer than 79.8 million people
   • Yes, because China covers a much larger area of land than Mexico
   • No, because Mexico's share is higher, so Mexico has more city people
   • Yes, about 929 million in China against about 104 million in Mexico
7. 6.

   Mexico's city share (card B) rose from 79.8% to 85% while its population stayed at 130.9 million. About how many more people live in cities, Luz asks?

   • About 6.8 million more
   • About 111 million more
   • About 68 million more
   • About 5.2 million more
8. 7.

   World Bank figures on the other cards are for 2024. Noah plans a trip to Mexico. Using card L, in which area would farming without watering crops be hardest?

   • The Yucatán Peninsula, because peninsulas have no rivers
   • The high plateau, because cooler air cannot grow plants
   • The dry north, because little rain falls there
   • The tropical south, because tropical means there is no rain
9. 8.

   In a federal republic, power is shared between the national government and the states. Pia compares how Japan and Mexico choose their leaders on card G. Which difference does the card show?

   • Japan has no leader, since the emperor is merely a symbol
   • Mexico elects a president for a six-year term; Japan's Diet chooses the prime minister
   • Mexico has no lawmaking body, while Japan has the two-house Diet
   • Japan elects a president for one six-year term, while Mexico's Congress picks the leader

10. People in cities and forests (World Bank, 2024)

    Country	People (millions)	Area (km²)	Live in cities	Forest cover (share of land)
    Mexico	130.9	1,957,194	79.8%	34.2%
    Brazil	212.0	8,510,420	87.9%	58.5%
    China	1,409.0	9,562,910	65.9%	24.0%
    Japan	124.0	377,975	92.2%	68.3%

    Treat each area as the land area. Shares are percents of a country's whole people or land.

11. 9.

    Card B shows Japan with 92.2% of people in cities, and Tala works out a density of about 328 people per km² from the chart. Which conclusion does the card support?

    • Japan's cities are about five times larger in size than Mexico's cities are
    • Japan's people live in cities because mountains leave little flat land for homes
    • Japan's people are more crowded because its share living in cities is higher
    • More of Japan's people than Mexico's live in cities, and Japan is far more crowded
12. 10.

    In 2030, Zee wants to use card B to say how many people live in Mexico's cities "now." What should a careful student say?

    • The figures are from the World Bank, so they stay true in later years too
    • The figures cannot be used, because they were written before 2030
    • The figures show 2030 too, because 79.8% stays the same each year
    • The figures are for 2024; a newer source is needed to describe 2030