VS2A BORDERING STATES
A location that may be described using terms that show connections between two places such as “next to” or “near”
What is relative location?
This region is described as having flat land, located near the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay, includes the Eastern Shore, and is East of the Fall Line?
What is the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region
What large body of water provided transportation links between Virginia and other places (e.g., Europe, Africa, Caribbean)?
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
This region is just west of the Coastal Plains (Tidewater) region.
What is the Piedmont region?
This is where the water from the 4 major rivers flows to.
What is the Chesapeake Bay?
This is the mnemonic used to remember the bordering states of Virginia?
Mustard With Ketchup Tastes Nasty/Nice
This is the natural border between the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) and the Piedmont regions, where waterfalls prevent further travel on the rivers?
What is the Fall Line?
What large swamp is located in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region, supports a variety of wildlife, and was explored and surveyed by George Washington?
What is the Great Dismal Swamp?
This is the mnemonic for the 5 regions
Aunt Virginia Bakes Peanut butter Cookies?
Or
A Very Big Piece of Cake
This body of water separates the Eastern Shore and the mainland of Virginia.
What is the Chesapeake Bay?
These five states border the state of Virginia?
What are North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland?
This region is part of the Appalachian Mountain system, located between the Piedmont and the Valley and Ridge regions, is the source of many rivers, and is describes as having old, rounded mountains.
What are the Blue Ridge Mountains?
This is the mnemonic for the 4 main rivers in Virginia and these are the names of those rivers.
What is Please Remember Your Jacket?
Potomac, Rappahannock, York, and James
This is a French word for "rolling hills" and is also one of the 5 regions.
What is Piedmont?
What states border Virginia to the south?
Tennessee and North Carolina
This region is an area of elevated land that is flat on top, located in Southwest Virginia, and only a small part of the plateau is located in Virginia.
What is the Appalachian Plateau region?
These are the major cities located on the 4 main rivers in Virginia.
Potomac- Alexandria
Rappahannock- Fredericksburg
York- Yorktown
James River- Richmond, Jamestown
This is why European settlers made their home EAST of the Fall Line.
What is it was easier to transport goods and people?
What state borders Virginia to the Northeast?
Maryland
This region includes the Great Valley of Virginia, other valleys separated by ridges, and is located west of Blue Ridge Mountains
What is the Valley and Ridge region?
This is how water features influenced the development of Virginia?
What is each river was a source of food and provided a pathway for exploration and settlement of Virginia.
This is the definition of a peninsula.
What is land surrounded by water on three sides?
This is the definition of plateau.
What is "elevated land that is flat on the top"?