The five themes of geography, and physical vs human features

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet

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.

   Luz reads, "The New River Gorge in West Virginia has steep, forested walls and fast whitewater." Which theme does this show best?

   • Place
   • Location
   • Human–environment interaction
   • Region
3. 2.

   Noah reads, "Engineers built Glen Canyon Dam in northern Arizona, which formed Lake Powell." Which theme does this show best?

   • Place
   • Human–environment interaction
   • Region
   • Movement

4. Region card

   Formal (shares one feature), functional (linked to one center or network), perceptual (set by people's feelings).

5. 3.

   Ren learns that one canal system, the Central Arizona Project, carries river water to cities and farms. What kind of region do its users form?

   • Perceptual: people feel they belong together
   • Functional: they are linked by one network
   • Formal: they share one kind of land
   • It is a place, not a region
6. 4.

   People draw "the South" differently on maps, depending on what they think of as Southern. What kind of region is it, Tala asks?

   • Formal: one law sets its edges
   • It is a place, not a region
   • Perceptual: people's ideas set its edges
   • Functional: one city sets its edges

7. Card

   Depend on the environment (use it), change the environment (reshape it), adapt to the environment (adjust to it).

8. 5.

   Families in Casa Grande, Arizona, cool their homes with air conditioning during hot summers. Zee sorts this example. Which kind of human–environment interaction is it?

   • Adapt: people adjust to the heat
   • It is movement, not interaction
   • Depend: people use the land's resources
   • Change: people reshape the land
9. 6.

   Sawmills in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, cut lumber from nearby forests. Ari sorts this example. Which kind of human–environment interaction is it?

   • It is movement, not interaction
   • Adapt: people adjust to the forest
   • Depend: people use the forest's wood
   • Change: people build a new forest
10. 7.

    Bo reads that workers dug the Central Arizona Project canal 336 miles across the desert. Which kind of human–environment interaction is it?

    • It is place, not interaction
    • Change: people reshape the land
    • Depend: people use the desert's sand
    • Adapt: people adjust to the desert
11. 8.

    California and Nevada to the west, Utah to the north, New Mexico to the east, Mexico to the south. Esme studies a map of the Southwest. Which state lies directly north of Arizona?

    • California
    • Utah
    • New Mexico
    • Nevada
12. 9.

    Jun traces West Virginia's border. Which state lies across the Big Sandy River and Tug Fork, to the west?

    • Maryland
    • Virginia
    • Kentucky
    • Pennsylvania
13. 10.

    California and Nevada to the west, Utah to the north, New Mexico to the east, Mexico to the south. On Kira's map, which country lies directly south of Arizona?

    • Mexico
    • Guatemala
    • New Mexico
    • Canada