Geography
What river is Yorktown located on?
York River
What country is Virginia located in?
United States
This is a shallow, natural lake, surrounded by the great dismal swamp?
Lake Drummond
What do the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean provide for travelers today?
Food and transportation
Which region is a source of many rivers?
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia has how many regions?
5
What borders Virginia to the east?
Atlantic ocean
What river is Fredericksburg located along?
Rappahannock River
Which river flows between Maryland and Washington DC on one side in West Virginia and Virginia on the other?
Potomac River
The Blue Ridge Mountains are part of which mountain range?
Appalachian Mountains
What body of water provided transportation links to Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean?
Atlantic Ocean
What two major bodies of water border Virginia?
Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean
What is a plateau?
Elevated land that is flat on top
The natural and man-made physical features of the land are called the land’s…
Topography
What body of water separates the eastern shore from the mainland of Virginia?
Chesapeake Bay
Which region is in southwest Virginia?
Appalachian plateau
This region is known for its apple orchards and Turkey farms
Valley and Ridge region
Our naval and armed forces are mostly associated with which region?
Coastal plain
Our four major rivers flow into the….
Chesapeake Bay
Land surrounded by water on three sides is called a…
Peninsula
Which region is known for its old rounded mountains?
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia’s largest region is the….
Piedmont
What prevented further travel and led to the development of cities such as Richmond and Fredericksburg?
The fall line
Piedmont means…
Land at the foot of the mountains
This area was surveyed by George Washington and is located in southeast Virginia
Dismal swamp