Regions
This region is flat and east of the fall line.
What is the Coastal Plain?
The biggest industry in the Appalachian Plateau Region.
What is Coal Mining?
The two major bodies of water that border Virginia.
What is The Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay?
This is the main reason people moved from rural to urban areas.
What is economic opportunities?
The peninsula that is apart of the Coastal Plain region.
What is the Eastern Shore?
The smallest of the regions in Virginia. This is an area, in Southwest Virginia, of high elevation and flat on top.
What is the Appalachian Plateau?
The main industry in the Piedmont region.
What is farming/agriculture?
The city of Alexandria is located along this river that flows into the Chesapeake Bay.
What is the Potomac River?
The 5 bordering states of Virginia
What is Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina?
The natural border of water between the Coastal Plain and Piedmont regions that was an ideal place to live due to it's rich soil and access to food and trade.
What is the fall line?
This region has very old, rounded mountains and is a source of many rivers. It is also part of the Appalachian Mountain System.
What is the Blue Ridge Mountain Region?
The Coastal Plain and Piedmont regions are known for their advancements in this type of technology.
What are computers?
The city of Fredericksburg is located along this river that flows into the Chesapeake Bay.
What is The Rappahannock River?
The Cardinal Directions
What are the North, East, South, West?
This body of water serves as a main way of transportation between Virginia and other places like Europe or Africa.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Largest region with rollings hills and it's located west of the fall line.
What is the Piedmont Region?
Jobs in this industry include health care, schools, and military bases.
What is the service industry?
The cities of Jamestown and Richmond are along this river that flows into the Chesapeake Bay.
What is the James River?
List the 4 major rivers in Virginia in order starting with the Northern most river and ending with the Southern most river.
What is Potomac, Rappahannock, York, James?
(Please Remember Your Jacket)
The swamp in the Coastal Plain region that surrounds a certain shallow, natural lake. (2 answers)
What is the Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond?
Includes the Great Valley of Virginia. Part of the Appalachian Mountain System.
What is the Valley and Ridge Region?
Shipbuilding, tourism, and military are all popular industries in this region.
What is the Coastal Plain?
The city of Yorktown is along this river that flows into the Chesapeake Bay.
What is the York River?
The Intermediate Directions
What is Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest?
Virginia's CURRENT most valuable source of agricultural income.
What is Livestock?