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6th Grade Geography Themes

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do we use to find absolute location?

a)

latitude and longitude

b)

the equator and international dateline

c)

a GPS and an XLP

d)

landmarks and distances

2.
How do we modify the environment?
a)
We build irrigation ditches
b)
We build landfills
c)
We build dams
d)
All of the above
3.
What is the question for movement?
a)
Where is it?
b)
How do people and ideas get around?
c)
What does it look like?
4.
What does it look like when you get there? What theme of geography is this?
a)
Place
b)
Location
c)
Region
d)
Human environment interaction
5.
What is the question for Region?
a)
Where it is?
b)
What does it look like when you get there?
c)
What do locations have in common?
d)
What do people do to the environment?
6.
What is the question for place?
a)
What does it look like when you get there?
b)
How do people get places?
c)
What do locations have in common?
d)
Where is it?
7.

Which of the following is an example of absolute location?

a)

Take a right on Man O'War BLVD and then a left at Walmart.

b)

My house is located at 80.00235 degrees north and 32.1774 degrees east.

c)

Turn right out of Hayes parking lot and then left at the big tree.

d)

Turn right at the second stop light and then stay straight for 3.2 miles.

8.
This picture is an example of which theme of geography?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Movement
9.
People in New York use the underground subway to get around
a)
Place
b)
Location
c)
Movement
d)
Region
10.
The rocky mountain states include Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah
a)
Human Environment Interaction
b)
Movement
c)
Absolute Location
d)
Region
11.
Austin, Texas is located at 30 degrees N, 90 degrees W
a)
Absolute location
b)
Relative location
c)
place
d)
region
12.
The United States imports a great deal of products from other countries
a)
Region
b)
Relative Location
c)
Movement
d)
Human environment interaction
13.

What theme of geography is represented in this picture?

a)

location

b)

human environment interaction

c)

place

d)

region

14.

What theme of geography is represented in this picture?

a)

place

b)

movement

c)

human environment interaction

d)

location

15.

What theme of geography is represented in this picture?

a)

region

b)

movement

c)

place

d)

human environment interaction

16.
Which is NOT one of the Five Themes of Geography
a)
Location
b)
Movement
c)
Language
d)
Human-Environment Interaction
17.
1528 Dragonback Way, Frisco, TX 75034 is an example of what kind of location?
a)
Absolute
b)
Relative
18.
People, ideas, goods, etc that are transported from one location to another describe the theme of _____.
a)
place
b)
region
c)
interaction
d)
movement
19.
Human-environment interaction is the relationship between _____ and _____.
a)
people, the world
b)
people, the government
c)
people, other people
d)
God, man
20.
A positive example of how the world impacts us is...
a)
a tornado.
b)
a hurricane.
c)
an earthquake.
d)
a gentle spring rain.
21.
A negative way we impact the world around is...
a)
pollution.
b)
deforestation.
c)
mining all the resources.
d)
All of the examples
22.
The Five Themes of Geography are the Following:
a)
Place, Region, Interaction, Land-forms, Movement
b)
Place, Region, Interaction, Location, Movement
c)
People, Race, Interaction, Location Movement
d)
Power, Region, Interaction, Location Movement
23.
What is movement?
a)
Tells us how people, goods, recourses, and ideas move from one place to another
b)
Tells us what makes an area special and what makes it different from every other area
c)
Tells us ways in which the places in an area are alike.
24.
The Middle East is an example of which?
a)
Human-Environment Interaction
b)
Relative Location
c)
Movement
d)
Region
25.
Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of which?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Human-Environment Interaction
d)
Movement