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?

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

   Tala reads, "Miners dig coal near the Monongahela River, and barges carry it downstream to power plants." Which two themes does this show?

   • Place and location
   • Movement and region
   • Region and location
   • Human–environment interaction and movement
4. 3.

   Zee reads, "Petrified Forest National Park has colorful badlands and fossil logs, and lies along Interstate 40 in Arizona." Which two themes does this show?

   • Region and movement
   • Human–environment interaction and location
   • Place and location
   • Movement and place
5. 4.

   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?

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

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?
   • Movement: how do goods travel from place to place?
   • Location: where exactly is Yuma?
   • Region: which area grows lettuce?
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?
   • Location: where exactly is it?
   • Movement: how do people travel there?
   • 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?

   • Movement: how does water travel?
   • Region: what area shares a feature?
   • Location: where exactly is it?
   • 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 physical feature
    • Change it to Region
    • Change it to human–environment interaction
    • Leave it as Place; a tunnel is part of the land
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 Place
    • Change it to human feature
    • Leave it; people visit the buttes
    • Change it to Movement
12. 10.

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

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