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VS2.abc Geography
VA Studies VS.1 Geography
Question | Answer |
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Which geographic feature has old rounded mountains? | Blue Ridge Mountains |
What body of water provided a safe harbor for European settlers? | Chesapeake Bay |
Rivers flow ________ to the sea. | Downhill |
Which geographic regions has an area of elevated land that is flat on top? | Appalachian Plateau |
Alexandria is located along which river? | Potomac River |
Name the four major rivers that flow into the Chesapeake Bay and that are separated by peninsulas. | Potomac, Rappahannock, York, James |
Richmond and Jamestown are located along which river? | James River |
Fredericksburg is located along which river? | Rappahannock River |
Many early Virginia __________ developed along the Fall Line where the land rises sharply and waterfalls prevent further travel up river. | cities |
Name the five states that border Virginia | Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina |
Name two bodies of water that border Virginia | Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean |
What body of water separates the Eastern Shore from the mainland of Virginia | Chesapeake Bay |
What word means a piece of land bordered by water on three sides | peninsula |
What may be described using terms that show connections between two places, such as "next to," "near," and "bordering?" | relative location |
Which geographic region has rolling hills? | Piedmonte |
What body of water provided transportation links between Virginia and other places (Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean)? | The Atlantic Ocean |
Virginia can be divided into __________ geographic regions | five |
What word means an area of elevated land that is flat on top? | plateau |