Regions
What is the furthest west region?
Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
What is the furthest south river that we learned about?
James River
Name any state that borders Virginia.
Maryland, Kentucky, West Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee
What city is located on the York River?
Yorktown
What are the four directions.
North, south, east, and west
Which region is known for rolling hills, west of the fall line, and is land at the foot of the mountains?
Piedmont Region
Which body of water borders northern Virginia?
Chesapeake Bay
What state is northeast of Virginia?
Maryland
What river does Alexandria sit on?
Potomac River
Which region do we live in?
Coastal Plain (Tidewater)
Which region is located in southwest Virginia?
Appalachian Plateau
Which ocean borders Virginia?
Atlantic Ocean
Which is state is directly south of Virginia?
North Carolina
What city sits on the Rappahannock River?
Fredricksburg
What does peninsula mean?
Land surrounded by water on three sides.
Which region is located west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, includes the Great Valley of Virginia, and is part of the Appalachian mountain system?
Valley and Ridge
What body of water does the Dismal Swamp surround?
Lake Drummond
Which state is directly west of Virginia?
Kentucky
What is the natural border between the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) Region and Piedmont River?
The Fall Line
What river is Jamestown located on?
James River
Name all five regions of Virginia.
Coastal Plain (Tidewater), Piedmont, Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley and Ridge, Appalachian Plateau
What river is in between the Potomac River and York River?
Rappahannock River
Which state is southwest of Virginia?
Tennessee
True of False: The Blue Ridge Mountains are old, rounded mountains.
True
What is one characteristic of the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) Region?
Flat land, located on the coast (near Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay), east of Fall Line, has the four rivers, location of Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond.