Virginia Studies 2C

A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides is called a

• fall line

• mountain

• peninsula

• Chesapeake Bay

What body of water separates the Eastern Shore from the mainland of Virginia?

• fall line

• Atlantic Ocean

• Chesapeake Bay

• Pacific Ocean

What's the natural border between the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) and the Piedmont regions called?

• peninsula

• fall line

• mountain

Why did the early Virginia cities develop along the fall line?

• land rose sharply

• food

• waterfalls prevented further travel on the river

• fish

Name Virginia's 4 major rivers.

• Rappahannock

• James

• York

• Potomac

• Chesapeake Bay

What land form separates Virginia's 4 major rivers?

• fall line

• Chesapeake Bay

• peninsula

• mountains

Into what body of water do the 4 major rivers of Virginia flow?

• Atlantic Ocean

• James River

• Chesapeake Bay

• peninsula

Name two cities located along the James River.

• Yorktown

• Richmond

• Jamestown

• Virginia

Name a city located along the York River.

• Jamestown

• Richmond

• Yorktown

• Virginia

Fredericksburg is located on what river?

• York

• James

• Potomac

• Rappahannock