The five themes of geography, and physical vs human features

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   Five themes card

   Location (where is it?), Place (what is it like?), Region (what area shares a feature?), Movement (how do people, goods and ideas travel?), Human–environment interaction (how do people and land affect each other?).

2. 1.

   Ren reads, "Saguaro National Park in southern Arizona protects giant cactuses, and rangers built trails so visitors don't trample young plants." Which two themes does this show?

   • Location and movement
   • Place and human–environment interaction
   • Movement and human–environment interaction
   • Region and movement
3. 2.

   Ari's friend says Summersville Lake in West Virginia is a physical feature, because all lakes are natural. Which response is right?

   • Agree: lakes are natural features
   • Agree: it has fish, so nature made it
   • Disagree: it is a region, not a feature
   • Disagree: a dam on the Gauley River made it
4. 3.

   Map of southern West Virginia with a latitude and longitude grid and Beckley marked. Bo's friend says "Beckley, West Virginia, is at about 38° N, 81° W" is a relative location. Which response is right?

   • Disagree: degrees give an absolute location
   • Agree: it names a state
   • Disagree: it is a region
   • Agree: it is measured relative to the equator
5. 4.

   Esme's friend says the Appalachian Mountains are one single place. Which response is right?

   • Disagree: they form a region across many states
   • Disagree: they are a movement
   • Agree: it has one name
   • Agree: a mountain range is one place

6. Five themes card

   Location (where is it?), Place (what is it like?), Region (what area shares a feature?), Movement (how do people, goods and ideas travel?), Human–environment interaction (how do people and land affect each other?).

7. 5.

   Jun wants to find out how lettuce grown near Yuma, Arizona, reaches stores in other states. Which theme's question fits best?

   • Human–environment interaction: how do people use the land?
   • Region: which area grows lettuce?
   • Movement: how do goods travel from place to place?
   • Location: where exactly is Yuma?
8. 6.

   Kira wants to describe the high plains, bogs and wind-bent trees of Dolly Sods in West Virginia. Which theme's question fits best?

   • Region: what area shares a feature?
   • Movement: how do people travel there?
   • Location: where exactly is it?
   • Place: what is it like there?
9. 7.

   Luz wants to mark the exact point where the Kanawha River joins the Ohio River. Which theme's question fits best?

   • Location: where exactly is it?
   • Region: what area shares a feature?
   • Movement: how does water travel?
   • Place: what is it like there?
10. 8.

    Milo labeled "Digging the East River Mountain Tunnel for Interstate 77" as Place. Which fix makes the label right?

    • Change it to human–environment interaction
    • Leave it as Place; a tunnel is part of the land
    • Change it to Region
    • Change it to physical feature
11. 9.

    Drawing of red sandstone buttes rising from a flat valley floor. Noah labeled "Monument Valley has tall red sandstone buttes" as human–environment interaction. Which fix makes the label right?

    • Change it to Movement
    • Leave it; people visit the buttes
    • Change it to human feature
    • Change it to Place
12. 10.

    Pia labeled "Pipelines carry West Virginia natural gas to other states" as human–environment interaction. Which fix makes the label right?

    • Change it to Region
    • Change it to Movement
    • Change it to Location
    • Leave it; people dig for the gas