VA Products and Industries

What helped coal mining become more successful in the Appalachian Plateau?

• Chesapeake Bay with its deep harbor

• good rich soil

• more railroads across the state

• the invention of the mechanical reaper

CHOOSE 2 industries that Virginia has a large number of across the state.

• technology

• orange crops

• communications

• gold mining

Virginia has expanded their ________________ with other countries.

• state government jobs

• use of new inventions

• railroads

• trade relationships

Virginia sends (exports) many different ___________ and ____________ products. Examples are chickens, tobacco, and large ships. CHOOSE 2

• service

• agricultural

• manufactured

• medical care

CHOOSE 3 service industries in Virginia.

• shipbuilding

• government services (schools, hospitals, military)

• computer programming

• livestock

• engineering

CHOOSE 2 agricultural industries in Virginia.

• shipbuilding

• cash crops

• military bases

• livestock products

Fishing, shipbuilding, and crabbing all help Virginia's economy due to which 2 bodies of water?

• Chesapeake Bay

• Lake Drummond

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

Today coal is ________.

• Not as important to VA's economy since people use other energy sources.

• still extremely important to all industries in VA

• VA's most important agricultural product

• still being shipped right from the Appalachian Plateau.

The agriculture industry is important in VA because of our ________ (CHOOSE 2).

• tourism

• rich (fertile) soil

• coal mines

• nice mild climate

CHOOSE 3 of Virginia's manufacturing industries.

• beverages

• cash crops

• tobacco products

• chemical goods

• health care