VA Studies

What large bodies of water border Virginia?

• Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean

• Pacific Ocean and Chesapeake Bay

• Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean

Click on all of the states that border Virginia.

• Maryland

• West Virginia

• Kentucky

• Tennessee

• North Carolina

What is the natural border between the Coastal Plain(Tidewater) and the Piedmont regions where waterfalls prevent further travel on the river?

• equator

• hedge line

• fall line

• rise line

Click on all of the geographic regions of VA from east to west.

• Coastal Plain (Tidewater)

• Piedmont

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Valley and Ridge

• Appalachian Plateau

Which geographic region is characterized by flat land?

• Piedmont

• Coastal Plain (Tidewater)

• Valley and Ridge

• Blue Ridge Mountains

Which region is characterized by rolling hills?

• Piedmont

• Coastal Plain (Tidewater)

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Valley and Ridge

Which region is characterized by old, rounded mountains?

• Piedmont

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Valley and Ridge

• Coastal Plain (Tidewater)

What geographical region includes the Great Valley of Virginia and other valleys separated by ridges?

• Piedmont

• Coastal Plain (Tidewater)

• Valley and Ridge

• Blue Ridge Mountains

What word means "an area of elevated land that is flat on top"?

• hills

• mountains

• plateau

• ridge

What geographic region has an area of elevated land that is flat on top?

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Appalachian Plateau

• Valley and Ridge

• Coastal Plain