Regions
This is the most western region in Virginia.
(must spell it correctly)
What is Appalachian Plateau?
This is the most important industry for the Appalachian Plateau.
What is coal?
The Coastal Plain Region produces these products (must name at least 2).
What are corn, ships, seafood, cotton, wheat, soybeans, tobacco, poultry, hogs?
This is the smallest river in Virginia.
What is York river?
The capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia
What is Richmond?
The Fall Line is a natural border between these two regions.
For a bonus 100 points: Describe what happens at the Fall Line and why.
What are Piedmont and Coastal Plain?
What is the land drops from the higher land of the Piedmont region down to the lower flat land of the Coastal Plain Region. At rivers, the water drops forming waterfalls?
These are the major industries of the Coastal Plain (must have at least 2).
What are shipbuilding, tourism, and fishing?
Coal is the main product produced in this region (you must be able to spell it correctly to get full points).
What is Appalachian Plateau?
These are the two neighbors of Virginia to the south.
What are Tennessee and North Carolina?
This is the sandiest region.
What is the Coastal Plain?
These are the 2 major industries of the Blue Ridge region.
What are farming and recreation?
These are three major products of the Piedmont region.
What are tobacco, apples, cotton, corn, soybeans and wheat, peaches, hay, farm animals?
Richmond is located on this river.
What is James River?
These are imaginary lines that measure how far east or west of the prime meridian a place is.
What is longitude?
Piedmont translates to this.
What is Foot of the Mountain?
This is the major industry for the Valley and Ridge region.
What is farming?
Apples, dairy, beef, and chicken (poultry) are produced here.
What is Valley and Ridge region?
All four major rivers of Virginia flow here.
What is the Chesapeake Bay?
These are the two major bodies of water that Virginia borders.
What are the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay
This region has the George Washington National Forest in it and natural hot springs.
What is Valley and Ridge region?
These are the 3 most important industries in the Piedmont region.
What are farming, government, and farm animals?
This region is known for its horses.
What is Piedmont?
These are the four major rivers in Virginia listed from north to south.
What are the Potomac River, Rappahannock River, York River, and James River?
This is the difference between relative and absolute location.
What is: relative location is the position of something relative to another landmark (and can change). An absolute location describes a fixed position that never changes, regardless of your current location (described by longitude and latitude).