Daily Questions
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1. What are the states that border Virginia? (5)
West Virginia, Tennessee, Maryland, North Carolina, Kentucky
2. What are the 2 bodies of water that border Virginia?
Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay
3. What are the 5 geographic regions of Virginia?
Tidewater (Coastal Plain), Piedmont, Blue Ridge Mountains, Ridge and Valley, and Appalachian Plateau
4. What is a peninsula?
A piece of land bordered by water on three sides
5. Give an example of a peninsula in Virginia.
The Eastern Shore
6. What body of water borders the Eastern Shore on the west?
The Chesapeake Bay
7. What body of water borders the Eastern Shore on the east?
The Atlantic Ocean
8. Another name for the Coastal Plain is _______.
Tidewater
9. Describe the land of the Coastal Plain.
Flat
10. If you stand on the Fall Line, which direction would you go to get to the Coastal Plain?
East
11. The Eastern Shore is located in what geographic region?
The Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
12. The Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay border which geographic region of Virginia?
The Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
13. What body of water separates the Eastern Shore from the mainland of Virginia?
The Chesapeake Bay
14. Why was the Chesapeake Bay important to the native people of Virginia?
The bay provided a safe harbor and was a source of food and transportation
15. Name the four major rivers in Virginia that flow into the Chesapeake Bay and are separated by peninsulas.
Potomac River, Rappahannock River, York River, and James River
16. What direction do the 4 major rivers in Virginia flow?
They flow into the Chesapeake Bay and out to the Atlantic Ocean
17. Why was the Atlantic Ocean important to the early settlers of Virginia?
It provided transportation links (ways) between Virginia and other places. Example~ Europe, Africa, and Caribbean
18. Name 2 cities located along the James River.
Richmond and Jamestown
19. _________ is located along the York River.
Yorktown
20. What city is located along the Potomac River?
Alexandria
21. __________ is located along the Rappahannock River.
Fredericksburg
22. Why were the rivers important to the native people of Virginia?
They were a source of food and provided a pathway for exploration and settlement
23. What is the Fall Line?
The natural border between the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont Region **it is where the land rises sharply (waterfalls)
24. In Virginia, where would waterfalls prevent further travel on the rivers?
At the Fall Line
25. Many early Virginia cities developed along the Fall Line because _______________.
The waterfalls prevented further travel on the rivers
26. Which geographic region of Virginia borders the Fall Line to the west?
The Piedmont Region
27. What does the word Piedmont mean?
Land at the foot f the mountain
28. What two words best describe the Piedmont Region?
Rolling Hills
29. Where are the Blue Ridge Mountains located?
They are between the Piedmont and the Valley and Ridge Regions
30. What two words best describe the Blue Ridge Mountains?
Old and rounded
31. The Blue Ridge Mountains and the Valley and Ridge Regions are part of the _____________.
Appalachian Mountain System
32. Which geographic region in Virginia is the source of many rivers?
The Blue Ridge Mountains
33. Where is the Valley and Ridge region located?
West of the Blue Ridge Mountains Region