Virginia Geography Unit 1 SOL V2a c

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

• Fall Line
• Appalachian Mountains
• Mississippi River
• Great Plains

What two large bodies of water border Virginia?

• Mississippi River and Ohio River
• Pacific Ocean and Hudson Bay
• Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes
• Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay

What are the five states that border Virginia?

• Ohio
• Pennsylvania
• Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina
• Delaware

What body of water provided transportation links between Virginia and Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean?

• Pacific Ocean
• Caribbean Sea
• Atlantic Ocean
• Gulf of Mexico

What body of water was a safe harbor and source of food and transportation?

• Lake
• River
• Ocean
• Chesapeake Bay

What is a piece of land bordered by water on three sides called?

• peninsula
• bay
• cove
• island

What river flows into the Chesapeake Bay and has the city of Yorktown located along it?

• James River
• York River
• Potomac River
• Susquehanna River

What system or means of transporting someone or some thing by means of a vehicle aircraft or ship?

• Delivery service
• Public transport
• Transportation system
• Cargo shipping

What is a bay?

• A bay is a type of fish.
• A bay is a large mountain.
• A bay is a large body of water that is part of a coast where the land curves inwards.

• A bay is a desert area.

What is the meaning of bordering?

• To be far away from something.
• To create a boundary around something.
• To overlap with another area.
• The dividing line between two countries or regions.