Virginia Basics
This is the country where Virginia is located.
What is the United States.
This Virginia region is flat and located along the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Coastal Plain (Tidewater).
This is the largest estuary in the United States.
What is the Chesapeake Bay.
People often settled near rivers to have access to this.
What is water.
This word means the natural features of Earth's surface.
What is physical geography.
This is the capital of Virginia.
What is Richmond.
This region is known for rolling hills and fertile farmland.
What is the Piedmont.
These bodies of water were important for transportation and trade.
What are rivers.
Flat land in some regions helped people grow these.
What are crops.
This term describes where a place is compared to another place.
What is relative location.
Virginia is located on this coast of the United States.
What is the East Coast.
This region contains old, rounded mountains.
What is the Blue Ridge Mountains
This river flows past Jamestown and helped early settlers.
What is the James River.
Mountains affected transportation by doing this.
What is making travel difficult.
A large area of land with similar features is called a ___________.
What is a region.
Virginia is located in this region of the United States.
What is the Southeast.
This region has valleys and ridges that run northeast to southwest.
What is the Valley and Ridge.
This river forms part of Virginia's border with Maryland.
What is the Potomac River.
Rivers helped goods move from farms to this place.
What is cities.
This term describes states that touch another state.
What are bordering states.
Virginia is located on this continent.
What is North America.
This is the smallest geographic region of Virginia.
What is the Appalachian Plateau.
This body of water helped shaped Virginia's economy through fishing and shipping.
What is the Chesapeake Bay.
Virginia's geography influenced how people lived, worked, and traded, which affected this.
What is the economy.
This word describes water where freshwater and saltwater mix.
What is an estuary.