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?

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

   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?

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

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

   • Agree: it has fish, so nature made it
   • Disagree: it is a region, not a feature
   • Agree: lakes are natural features
   • Disagree: a dam on the Gauley River made it
5. 4.

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

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

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?

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

   • Movement: how do people travel there?
   • Place: what is it like there?
   • Region: what area shares a feature?
   • Location: where exactly is it?
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?
   • Location: where exactly is it?
   • Place: what is it like there?
   • Region: what area shares a feature?
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
    • Change it to Region
    • Change it to physical feature
    • 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 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 Movement
    • Leave it; people dig for the gas
    • Change it to Region
    • Change it to Location