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.

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

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

   Jun's card asks, "How do people, goods and ideas get from one place to another?" Which theme is that?

   • Movement
   • Human–environment interaction
   • Region
   • Location
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?

   • Physical: nature made it
   • Human: roads lead to it
   • Physical: it is in a national park
   • Human: people visit it daily
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: rivers make lakes
   • Human: boats sail on it
   • Human: people made it by building a dam
   • Physical: it is a lake, and lakes are natural
6. 5.

   Noah writes, "Tucson is at about 32° N, 111° W." What kind of location is that?

   • Absolute: it uses latitude and longitude
   • Relative: it names a state
   • Relative: it compares Tucson with the equator
   • Absolute: it names a city
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 an exact spot
   • Relative: it tells what Wheeling is near
   • Relative: it uses numbers
   • Absolute: it names two states
8. 7.

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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