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.

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

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

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

   • Disagree: it is a region, not a feature
   • Agree: it has fish, so nature made it
   • Disagree: a dam on the Gauley River made it
   • Agree: lakes are natural features
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
   • Agree: it has one name
   • Disagree: they are a movement
   • 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?

   • Movement: how do goods travel from place to place?
   • Human–environment interaction: how do people use the land?
   • 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?

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

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

   • Place: what is it like there?
   • Location: where exactly is it?
   • Movement: how does water travel?
   • 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 physical feature
    • Leave it as Place; a tunnel is part of the land
    • Change it to Region
    • Change it to human–environment interaction
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 Place
    • Change it to human feature
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 Location
    • Change it to Region
    • Leave it; people dig for the gas
    • Change it to Movement