1/2 the year WV History

Which ones are considered to be the four geographic regions of WV?

• Ohio River Valley

• Allegheny Plateau

• Allegheny Highlands

• Potomac Highlands

• Potomac Section

Absolute Location means the exact position of a place on Earth, described using coordinates like latitude and longitude

• True

• False

Relative location means the exact position of a place on Earth, described using coordinates like latitude and longitude.

• True

• False

Name the tourist regions. There are nine tourist regions in WV. There are more than one correct answer.

• Northern Panhandle

• Mountaineer Country

• Eastern Panhandle

• Potomac Highlands

• Mountain Section

Name the tourist regions. There are nine tourist regions in WV. There are more than one correct answer.

• Hatfield-McCoy Mountains

• Mid-Ohio Valley

• Eastern Mountains

• Metro Valley

• New River/ Greenbrier Valley

Archaeologists divided Western Virginia’s prehistory into what three periods. Select all the correct answers.

• Paleo

• Prehistory

• Archaic

• Woodland

• Shawnee

What caused the conflict between the French and the English in western Virginia? 

• competing claims to the Ohio River valley

• competing claims to the mountains

Who was not an early explorer?

• Abraham Wood

• John Lederer

• John Smith

Governor Alexander Spotswood organized a famous trek over the Blue Ridge mountains that came to be known as the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe expedition.

• True

• False

Who won the French and Indian War?

• Great Britain

• France

• U.S.A

• West Virginia