The five themes of geography, and physical vs human features

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence

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.

   Bo's geography card asks, "Where is it?" Which of the five themes does that question belong to?

   • Location
   • Place
   • Movement
   • Region
3. 2.

   Esme's card asks, "What is it like there: its land, weather, plants and people?" Which theme is that?

   • Region
   • Location
   • Movement
   • Place
4. 3.

   Photo-style drawing of the Grand Canyon with the Colorado River at the bottom. Kira visits the Grand Canyon in Arizona, carved by the Colorado River over millions of years. Is it a physical feature or a human feature?

   • Human: people visit it daily
   • Physical: it is in a national park
   • Human: roads lead to it
   • Physical: nature made it
5. 4.

   Luz boats on Lake Mead, which formed when Hoover Dam was built across the Colorado River. Is the lake a physical feature or a human feature?

   • Physical: it is a lake, and lakes are natural
   • Human: boats sail on it
   • Human: people made it by building a dam
   • Physical: rivers make lakes
6. 5.

   Milo's family drives Interstate 64 through Charleston, West Virginia. Is the highway a physical feature or a human feature?

   • Human: people built it
   • Physical: it follows the hills
   • Human: it has a number
   • Physical: trees grow beside it
7. 6.

   Map of West Virginia's northern panhandle between Ohio and Pennsylvania, with Wheeling marked. Pia writes, "Wheeling is in West Virginia's northern panhandle, between Ohio and Pennsylvania." What kind of location is that?

   • Absolute: it names two states
   • Absolute: it names an exact spot
   • Relative: it uses numbers
   • Relative: it tells what Wheeling is near
8. 7.

   Ren reads, "Four Corners is where Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico meet." What kind of location is that?

   • Relative: it names what is around it
   • Absolute: four states meet at an exact point
   • Relative: it uses degrees
   • Absolute: it names four states

9. 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?).

10. 8.

    Tala reads, "Trains and river barges carry West Virginia coal to power plants in other states." Which theme does this show best?

    • Location
    • Place
    • Movement
    • Human–environment interaction
11. 9.

    Zee reads, "The Sonoran Desert covers parts of Arizona, California and Mexico." Which theme does this show best?

    • Region
    • Movement
    • Place
    • Location
12. 10.

    Ari reads, "Farmers near Phoenix water their fields through canals." Which theme does this show best?

    • Place: farms are part of the land
    • Region: the farms cover an area
    • Movement: water travels through the canals
    • Human–environment interaction: people change the land to farm