Virginia Studies, Chapter 1

Question 1

what city is located on the York river?

Answer 1

Yorktown

Question 2

What city is located on the Rappahannock River?

Answer 2

Fredericksburg

Question 3

what do you call a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides?

Answer 3

Pennisula

Question 4

The city of Alexandria is located along which major Virginia River?

Answer 4

Potomac River

Question 5

What states border Virginia?

Answer 5

Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina

Question 6

What are some phrases that describe relative location?

Answer 6

near, border, north, south, east, west,

Question 7

What are the four major rivers in Virginia?

Answer 7

Potomac River, Rappahannock River, York River, James River

Question 8

What separated the Eastern Shore from the mainland of Virginia?

Answer 8

Chesapeake Bay

Question 9

What separates the four major rivers of Virginia that flow into the Chesapeake Bay?

Answer 9

peninsulas

Question 10

What two states border Virginia’s Appalachian Plateau?

Answer 10

West Virginia and Kentucky

Question 11

Into what body of water do the four major rivers of Virginia all flow?

Answer 11

Chesapeake Bay

Question 12

On what major river are Richmond and Jamestown located?

Answer 12

James River

Question 13

What is an area of elevated land that is flat on top is called?

Answer 13

Plateau

Question 14

What water feature in Virginia has a variety of wild life and was explored by George Washington?

Answer 14

Dismal Swamp

Question 15

In what region are Lake Drummond and the Dismal Swamp located?

Answer 15

Coastal Plain

Question 16

What large bodies of water border Virginia?

Answer 16

Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay

Question 17

In colonial days, the Atlantic Ocean was a transportation link between Virginia and other places like? Name three

Answer 17

Europe, Africa and Caribbean

Question 18

In colonial days, the Chesapeake Bay gave Virginians a a safe __________and it was a good source of _______ and _________________.

Answer 18

harbor
food
transportation