Read a population-density map and explain where people live

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   Use the table

   Province	People (2021)	Land area (km²)
   Nova Scotia	969,383	52,942
   Quebec	8,501,833	1,298,600

   Data: Statistics Canada, 2021.

2. 1.

   Zee works out both densities, people ÷ area. Which province is more crowded, and by about how much?

   • Nova Scotia: about 18 per km² against 6.5
   • They are about equal: 6.5 each
   • Quebec: about 0.15 against 0.05
   • Quebec: it has about 8.5 million people in total
3. 2.

   Ari works out both densities, people ÷ area. Which province is more crowded, and by about how much?

   • British Columbia: it has about 5 million people
   • New Brunswick: about 11 per km² against 5
   • British Columbia: about 0.18 against 0.09
   • They are about equal: 5 each
4. 3.

   Bo works out both densities, people ÷ area. Which province is more crowded, and by about how much?

   • Prince Edward Island: about 27 per km² against 16
   • Ontario: it has about 14 million people
   • They are about equal: 16 each
   • Ontario: about 0.06 against 0.04
5. 4.

   Data: World Bank, 2023; Ulaanbaatar from Wikipedia. Mongolia averages about 2 people per km². Esme's friend says that means Mongolians are spread evenly across the land. Which response is right?

   • Disagree: most live in the Gobi Desert
   • Agree: an average means an even spread
   • Disagree: about half live in one city
   • Agree: the land is too cold for cities
6. 5.

   Russia is huge and has a low average density. Kira's friend says people live evenly across it. Which response is right?

   • Agree: an average density means people are spread evenly
   • Disagree: most live in the far northeast
   • Disagree: most live in the western, European part
   • Agree: the Ural Mountains block travel east
7. 6.

   Luz compares a physical map and a dot map of China. Dots crowd the east; the west is mostly mountains and desert. What best explains the pattern?

   • Flat, well-watered eastern plains support farms and cities
   • The west is too crowded to hold more people
   • People are spread evenly, but the map hides it
   • The western mountains are near the ocean
8. 7.

   Noah compares a physical map and a dot map of Algeria. Dots crowd the north coast; the south is the Sahara. What best explains the pattern?

   • The Sahara is too crowded to hold more people
   • The north gets rain; the southern desert is very dry
   • People are spread evenly, but the map hides it
   • The south is colder than the north
9. 8.

   Data: Statistics Canada, 2021. Pia's note says, "Ontario is more crowded than Prince Edward Island because more people live there." Which fix makes the note right?

   • Leave it: more people means more crowded
   • Change "people" to "area"
   • Change "Ontario" to "Quebec"
   • Swap them: PEI has more people per km²

10. Use this

    Data: Statistics Canada, 2021.

11. 9.

    Ren counted 40 dots on a dot map of Yukon and wrote, "40 people live in Yukon." Which fix makes the note right?

    • Leave it: each dot is one person
    • Change it to about 4,000 people
    • Change it to about 40,000 people
    • Change it to about 400,000 people
12. 10.

    Tala counted 37 dots on a dot map of Nunavut and wrote, "37 people live in Nunavut." Which fix makes the note right?

    • Change it to about 37,000 people
    • Change it to about 3,700 people
    • Change it to about 370,000 people
    • Leave it: each dot is one person