Virginia Geography Flashcards
The trees in Virginia’s mountain region appear what color?
Blue
Richmond and Jamestown are located near what river?
James River
This Region extends to Tennessee and Kentucky.
Appalachian Plateau
Virginia’s largest rivers are?
Name 4
Potomac, Rappahannock, York, and James
Name 2 Virginia nicknames
Old Dominion
Mother of States
Label Virginia’s Geographic Regions
Piedmont, Valley and Ridge, Appalachian Plateau, Coastal Plain, Blue Ridge Mountains
Yorktown is located on what river?
York River
The Coastal Plain is also called the …
Tidewater
What ocean is to the east of Virginia?
What bay empties into this ocean?
Atlantic Ocean
Chesapeake Bay
Many European explorers, traders, and slaves traveled on the Atlantic ocean to reach Virginia.
A long, narrow piece of low land between mountains, hills, or other high areas.
Valley
Who were the first people to settle in Virginia?
American Indians
What is the imaginary line called where you find many waterfalls?
Fall Line
The coastal plain is to the east.
The Piedmont is to the west.
When a river crosses the land at the fall line, a waterfall develops.
The Fall line measure from several yards to several miles wide.
What King rewarded Virginia with the name “Old Dominion”
King Charles II
Tell me about Dismal Swamp
Lake Drummond is the name of the lake in the middle of Dismal Swamp.
Many slaves were in the Great Dismal Swamp in order to escape.
They worked in logging to earn their freedom.
George Washington owned a logging business in Dismal Swamp.
What are Virginia’s 5 Geographic regions?
Alexandria is located on what river?
Potomac River
Virginia’s largest rivers flow into what bay?
Chesapeake Bay
An area of high land that is flat on top.
Plateau
The highest elevation can be found in what region?
Blue Ridge Mountains
A piece of land bordered by water on three sides.
Peninsula
Virginias’ peninsula is called the eastern shore.
The Chesapeake Bay is located in what region?
Coastal Plain
What is the largest geographic region in Virginia?
Piedmont
What five states border Virginia?
Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennesee, and North Carolina
In the 1970s, fewer than 200 what lived in the bay area?
Eagles
Chemicals used for crops caused the eagles to become endangered species.
