Tidewater
Name 3 industries of the Tidewater.
Shipbuilding, farming, and fishing
Describe the surface of this region.
The Piedmont is a plateau, and it tilts downward.
Tell about the location of the Blue Ridge mountains.
They create a line that runs diagonally across VA.
Where is the Valley and Ridge located?
The Valley and Ridge Region is located to the west of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Where is the Appalachian Plateau located?
In the western corner of VA
State the location of the Tidewater Region.
In the eastern part of Virginia
True or False
The Piedmont is mostly flat and sits at a higher elevation than the Tidewater.
True
Tell a key feature of the Blue Ridge.
The Blue Ridge contains the highest peaks in VA.
Name a key area that makes us the Valley and Ridge Region.
The Allegheny Mountains
Cause: The Appalachian Plateau has no major rivers and no good farmland.
What is the effect?
No major cities have developed in the Appalachian Plateau
Name the most significant feature of the Tidewater.
The rivers that rise and fall with the tides of the ocean
How are the markets at the fall line beneficial to the Piedmont?
They help with the growth of the cities.
Why are tourists attracted to this region?
The Blue Ridge contains many beautiful scenic areas. The Shenandoah National Park is a top tourist attraction.
Name another key area that makes up the Valley and Ridge Region.
The Valley of Virginia
State the primary natural resource for the Appalachian Plateau.
Coal
Name the feature that helped the expansion of communities in the Tidewater.
The wide and deep rivers
What is the fall line?
The place at the eastern edge of the Piedmont Region where the land drops down and rivers flow onto the Tidewater land.
Cause: The Blue Ridge mountains form a natural barrier that makes it hard for settlers to cross.
What is the effect?
The growth and development in the western part of VA slowed down.
State the significance of the Cumberland Gap.
The Cumberland Gap offered a passageway to the west.
Cause: Railroads appeared in the late 1800's.
What is the effect?
People were able to ship coal to distant places. This helped the economy in the Appalachian Plateau Region.
Describe the land of the Tidewater.
The Tidewater is flat and cut by deep, wide rivers. It includes the Chesapeake Bay and the Eastern Shore.
Name three places that border the Piedmont region.
1. Washington, D.C.
2. The Blue Ridge Mountains
3. The fall line
MIXED REVIEW:
Why did big cities form along the fall line of the Piedmont Region and not in the Appalachian Plateau?
When ships carrying goods reached the fall line, they could travel no father.
Any goods going west had to be brought to the falls for shipment and any goods carried from the east had to be unloaded at the falls.
So, markets grew up along the fall line because there were no rivers in the Appalachian Plateau Region to ships goods
Name the two natural wonders that bring many tourists to the Valley and Ridge Region.
1. Natural Chimneys
2. Limestone caves
MIXED REVIEW
2 Parts
1. Name 2 natural wonders.
2. Explain how the natural wonders were created.
1. The Cumberland Gap, Natural Chimneys, Luray Caverns
2. The natural wonders were created from water that wore away rock over a significant period of time. The soft rock wore away more quickly than the hard rock. This created rock forms and gaps.