Chapter 1 Geography Test Review

What region of Virginia is located just east of the Fall Line and has flat land?

• Coastal Plain

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Piedmont

• Valley and Ridge

What natural border between the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) and the

Piedmont prevents further travel on the river?

• Chesapeake Bay

• Eastern Shore

• James River

• Fall Line

What state borders Virginia to the south?

• Maryland

• West Virginia

• North Carolina

• Kentucky

The four major rivers of Virginia all flow into the–

• Appalachian Mountains

• Chesapeake Bay

• Pacific Ocean

• Shenandoah River

Sarah is hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains. She is in part of what

larger mountain system?

• Rocky Mountains

• Smoky Mountains

• Alleghany Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

DIRECTIONS: Circle the correct answers.

What are Virginia’s two bordering bodies of water?

• Rappahannock River

• Atlantic Ocean

• James River

• Pacific Ocean

• Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay was a major source of—

• food and transportation

• farming and manufacturing

• skiing and mountain hiking

• mining and drilling

Richmond and Jamestown are located along the-

• James River

• York River

• Rappahannock River

• Potomac River

Piedmont is a French word that means

• “with rolling hills”

• “next to the water”

• “at the foot of mountains”

• “mountains with many valleys”

What is the order of the rivers from north to south

• Potomac, Rappahannock, York, James

• James, York, Rappahanock, Potomac

• York, James, Potomac, Rappahanock

• Potomac, York, James, Rappahanock