What is the shortest of Virginia's four major rivers?
York River
100
In what region can you find tobacco farms?
Piedmont Region
100
Which region has sandy, gravelly soil?
Coastal Plain region
100
Name a major city located on the Potomac River.
Alexandria
100
What state is located just south of the Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions of Virginia?
North Carolina
200
Name a river that originates (begins) in the Valley and Ridge Region and flows northward.
Shenandoah River
200
In what region can you find ship building?
Coastal Plain
200
Which region extends into West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and beyond?
Appalachian Plateau
200
Name a major city located on the Rappahannock River.
Fredericksburg
200
In what region can you find coal mines?
Appalachian Plateau
300
Many of Virginia's rivers originate (begin) in what region?
the Blue Ridge Region
300
In what region can you find beef and dairy farms?
Valley and Ridge region
300
In what region is Shenandoah National Park located?
Blue Ridge region
300
Name a city located on the York River.
Yorktown
300
The Blue Ridge region and the Valley and Ridge region are part of what larger mountain system?
Appalachian Mountains
400
Name at least two reasons that the Chesapeake Bay was helpful to early settlers of Virginia.
food, transportation of goods and people, and safe harbor
400
In what region are you most likely to find technology companies?
Piedmont region
400
What region of Virginia has rolling hills and fields?
Piedmont region
400
Where is Richmond located?
on the James River, at the Fall Line
400
About how high is the Appalachian Plateau?
over 2600 feet (half a mile)
500
Name the four major rivers of Virginia in order, from north to south.
Potomac River
Rappahannock River
York River
James River
500
In what two regions are you most likely to find apple orchards?
Blue Ridge region
Valley and Ridge region
500
Describe the mountains of the Blue Ridge region (how high, how old, what shape?).
The highest of the Blue Ridge mountains is over a mile high (over 5,700 feet). The mountains are over a billion years old. They are rounded.
500
Why did cities develop near the Fall Line?
The waterfalls on the rivers at the Fall Line made it too difficult to continue traveling (and transporting goods) on the river.
Also, rushing water could be used to turn water wheels to power sawmills and gristmills.
500
Where is the Eastern Shore of Virginia?
It is a part of Virginia that is a peninsula, south of eastern Maryland, between the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.