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6th Social Studies Culture & Physical Geography

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following...Types of Maps

a)

1.

PHYSICAL

b)

2.

POLITICAL

c)

3.

SPECIAL PURPOSE (THEMATIC)

2.

The largest & deepest ocean is the ​ (a)   . The smallest ocean, which encircles the North Pole, is the ​ (b)   . The ​ (c)   Ocean circles the continent of Antarctica. The ​ (d)   Ocean is found between North & South America and Europe & Africa. The ​ (e)   Ocean keeps that world's oil industry moving.

Choose from the below words
PACIFIC
ARCTIC
ATLANTIC
INDIAN
SOUTHERN
3.

Organize these COUNTRIES into the correct CONTINENT CATEGORY....

Categorize the following

INDIA

CHINA

JAPAN

BRAZIL

VENEZUELA

ARGENTINA

KENYA

NIGERIA

EGYPT

SPAIN

FRANCE

GERMANY

ASIA
South America
Africa
Europe
4.

Which HEMISPHERE(S) is NORTH AMERICA located in?

a)

b)

c)

d)

5.

Reorder the following CONTINENTS in terms of POPULATION....(HIGHEST to LOWEST)

a)

b)

c)

d)

e)

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6.

There are over 4.6 BILLION people who live on this CONTINENT...

7.

Transportation CORRIDOR or BARRIER? You decide!

Categorize the following

OCEAN

RIVER

STRAIT or CHANNEL

DESERT

MOUNTAIN or MOUNTAIN RANGE

CANYON

CANAL

FOREST

BARRIER
CORRIDOR
8.

MAP SKILL MATCHING

a)

1.

COMPASS ROSE

b)

2.

LINES OF LATITUDE

c)

3.

SCALE

d)

4.

LINES OF LONGITUDE

e)

5.

KEY or LEGEND

9.

The ​ (a)   tells you what the map is about. The ​ (b)   provides directions using the compass rose. The ​ DATE tells you when the map was created. The ​ (c)   is who made the map. The ​ (d)   tells you what the symbols mean. The ​ (e)   explains the ratio between distance on a map and distance in real life.​

Choose from the below words
TITLE
ORIENTATION
AUTHOR
LEGEND
SCALE
10.

The set of beliefs, goals, and practices that a group of people share is known as:

a)

behavior

b)

interdependence

c)

culture

d)

diffusion

11.
Which of the following is an example of CULTURAL DIFFUSION?
a)
baseball or clothing styles
b)
tsunami
c)
volcano
d)
diversity
12.
What is the BEST definition of the word DIFFUSION?
a)
a certain belief about a group of people
b)
how people worship a God in a culture
c)
the spread of a new idea in a culture
d)
science 
13.

Which of the following is an ARCHIPELAGO?

a)
b)
c)
d)
14.

Which of the following is a PENINSULA?

a)
b)
c)
d)
15.
This image demonstrates which concept?
a)
the creation of an ethnic group
b)
cultural diffusion
c)
culture
d)
the spread of a new language