This is the oldest river in the Western Hemisphere.
What is The New River
100
He was the first explorer to enter into western Virginia and people thought he was crazy because of the things he claimed to have seen.
What is John Lederer
100
This county was the named after the Mingo Indian Chief
What is Logan
100
This is the Highest elevated city in West Virginia
What is Elkins
100
The five themes of geography are place, location, region, human environmental interaction, and this
What is movement
200
It is the longest river in WV and makes up the western boarder of the state
What is The Ohio River
200
He was a French explorer who buried led plates along the Ohio River to claim the land for France.
What is Celoron De Blainville
200
This county is the farthest north in the state.
What is Hancock
200
This county seat was also the first capital of West Virginia
What is Wheeling
200
Because of the mountains this has a direct effect the weather
What is elevation
300
The river in West Virginia that flows toward the east through Washington, D.C. and empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
What is The Potomac River.
300
He was the youngest explorer the enter western Virginia and was the first European to see the Kanawha River.
What is Gabriel Arthur
300
This is geographically largest county in the state
What is Randolph
300
This county seat is the also the home of the West Virginia Mountaineers
What is Monongalia
300
Another word for the physical features of the earth such as mountains and plateaus
What is Topography
400
The river that flows through Logan and Lincoln counties and empties into the Ohio River.
What is The Guyandotte River
400
In 1790 he became an lieutenant governor of Virginia and explored western Virginia with his friends and gave each one a reward for the expedition which resulted in the Golden Horseshoe test on the history of West Virginia that eighth grade students take today.
What is Alexander Spotswood
400
This was the last county established in the state. It was formed out of another county
What is Mingo
400
This county seat is home to the legionary Mothman
What is Pt. Pleasants
400
The gradual wearing down of the land by wind and rain is called thia
What is erosion
500
This river is the largest tributary in the state of West Virginia
What is the Kanawha River
500
This team of European explorers were responsible for the discovery of the New River and they carved their names into the trees to claim the land for the British
What is Thomas Batts & Robert Fallam
500
This county is the geographically the center of the state
What is Braxton
500
The West Virginia Sate fair is held near this county seat each year
What is Lewisburg
500
The four geographic regions are Potomac Section, Allegheny Highlands, Ohio River Valley, and this