VS.2 VIRGINA GEOGRAPHY 1. What two large bodies of water Atlantic Ocean border Chesapeake Bay 2. What states border 1. Maryland 2. West Virginia 3. Kentucky 4. Tennessee 5. North Carolina 3. What are some ways you would next to describe relative location? near bordering 4. What is the Fall Line? The natural border between the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) and Piedmont regions. It is where waterfalls prevent further travel on the rivers. 5. What are the five regions of 6. What is the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region like? 7. Where is the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region located? 1. Appalachian Plateau 2. Valley and Ridge 3. Blue Ridge Mountains 4. Piedmont 5. Coastal Plain (Tidewater) flat land near the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay includes the Eastern Shore east of the Fall Line VS.2a VS.2a VS.2a 8. What does Piedmont mean? It is a French term that means land at the foot of the mountains. 9. What is the Piedmont region like? rolling hills 10. Where is the Piedmont region located? west of the Fall Line
11. What is the Blue Ridge Mountain region like? It is made up of old, rounded mountains that are part of the Appalachian Mountain system. many rivers 12. What is the Blue Ridge Mountain region the source of? 13. Where is the Blue Ridge between the Piedmont and Valley Mountain region located? and Ridge regions 14. What is the Valley and Ridge It includes the Great Valley of region like? Virginia and other valleys separated by ridges. It is part of the Appalachian Mountain system. 15. Where is the Valley and Ridge It is located west of the Blue Ridge region located? Mountains. 16. What is a plateau? A plateau is an area of elevated land that is flat on top. 17. Where is the Appalachian Plateau located? in southwest Virginia only a small part of the plateau is located in Virginia (most of the plateau is in WV) 18. What is a peninsula? A piece of land bordered by water on three sides. 19. Why was the Atlantic Ocean It provided transportation links important to the history of early between Virginia and other places such as Europe, Africa, and the 20. Why was the Chesapeake Bay important to the history of early 21. Where do the Potomac, Rappahannock, York, and James rivers flow? 22. What important cities are on the James River? Caribbean. It provided a safe harbor and was a source of food and transportation. They all flow into the Chesapeake Bay. Richmond and Jamestown
23. What important city is on the York River? 24. What important city is on the Rappahannock River? 25. What important city in Virginia is on the Potomac River? 26. How did water features influence the development of Yorktown Fredericksburg Alexandria Each river was: a source of food provided a pathway for exploration pathway for settlement of Virginia Lake Drummond 27. What is a shallow natural lake in the Coastal Plain region? 28. Where is Lake Drummond? located in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region surrounded by the Dismal Swamp 29. What is the Great Dismal Swamp? A swamp located in the Coastal Plain region and North Carolina that has a variety of wildlife. 30. Who explored and surveyed the George Washington Dismal Swamp? 31. What is the Eastern Shore? A peninsula bordered by the Chesapeake Bay to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. 32. Why did Christopher Columbus call the native people in the lands he explored Indians? He thought he was in the Indies (near China). 33. Who are First Americans? Indians 34. What evidence is there that American Indians lived in all areas of the state? Artifacts such as arrowheads, pottery, and other tools that have been found tell a lot about the people who lived in Virginia.
35. What were the three major language groups found in 36. Where were these three language groups located? 37. What are some characteristics of Virginia s climate? 38. What covers most of Virginia s land? 39. What are Virginia s Indians referred to? 40. What are some ways Virginia s American Indians related to the climate and interacted with their environment to meet their basic needs. 1. Algonquian 2. Siouan 3. Iroquoian 1. Algonquian languages were spoken primarily in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region. The Powhatan were a part of this group. 2. Siouan languages were spoken primarily in the Piedmont region. The Monacan were a part of this group. 3. Iroquoian languages were spoken in Southwestern Virginia and in Southern Virginia near what is today North Carolina. The Cherokee were a part of this group. The climate in Virginia: is relatively mild has four distinct seasons (spring, winter, summer, fall) resulting in a variety of vegetations Forests which have a variety of trees cover much of the land. Eastern Woodland Indians The: kinds of food they ate the clothing they wore the shelters they had depended on the seasons.
41. What did Virginia s American Indians eat in the winter? hunted birds and animals lived on stored foods from the previous fall 42. What did Virginia s American Indians eat in the spring? 43. What did Virginia s American Indians eat in the summer? 44. What did Virginia s American Indians eat in the fall? hunted fished picked berries grew crops (corn, beans, and squash) harvested crops hunted for foods to preserve and keep for the winter animal skins (deerskins) 45. What did Virginia s American Indians make their clothes from? 46. What did Virginia s American Their shelters were made from Indians use to build their homes? materials around them. 47. What do most of Virginia s Most native peoples live like other American Indians do to meet their Americans. Their cultures have needs today? changed over time. 48. Why is archaeology important? Archaeologists study all kinds of material evidence left from the people of the past. 49. What was Werowocomoco? A large Indian town used by Indian leaders for several hundred years before the English settlers came. It was the headquarters of the leader, Powhatan, in 1607. 50. What was Jamestown? Jamestown became the first permanent English settlement in North America. Archaeologists discovered the site of the original fort.
51. How can new findings change the understanding of history? The recovered artifacts give archaeologists clues about the interactions of English, Africans, and Indians in early Virginia. 52. Where do American Indians live today in 53. How many current staterecognized tribes are located in Virginia today? 54. Where are the current staterecognized tribes located in Virginia today? American Indians, who trace their family history back to before 1607, continue to live in all parts of Virginia today. eight tribes Coastal Plan (Tidewater) Region Chickahominy Tribe Eastern Chickahominy Tribe Mattaponi Tribe Nansemond Tribe Pamunkey Tribe Rappahannock Tribe Upper Mattaponi Tribe Piedmont Region Monacan Tribe VS.2g VS.2g VS.3g