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
   • Region and movement
   • Place and human–environment interaction
   • Location and movement
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?

   • Movement and region
   • Human–environment interaction and movement
   • Place and location
   • Region and location
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?

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

   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
   • Disagree: a dam on the Gauley River made it
   • Disagree: it is a region, not a feature
   • Agree: it has fish, so nature made it
6. 5.

   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
   • Disagree: it is a region
   • Disagree: degrees give an absolute location
   • Agree: it names a state
7. 6.

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

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

8. 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?).

9. 7.

   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?
10. 8.

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

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