Virginia Geography Quizs

Region of Virginia with flat land near the Atlantic Ocean

• The Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region

• The Appalachian Mountains

• The Blue Ridge Mountains

• The Piedmont region

The Valley and Ridge region is located ______ (north, south, east, or west) of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

• North

• South

• East

• West

Yorktown is located along what river?

• The York River

• The James River

• The Potomac River

• The Rappahannock River

Two large bodies of water that border Virginia

• The Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay

• The Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes

• The Pacific Ocean and the Hudson River

• The Mediterranean Sea and the Nile River

Virginia’s major rivers flow into the

• Chesapeake Bay

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Great Lakes

The ________ region of Virginia is west of the Fall Line. It has rolling hills.

• Piedmont

• Tidewater

• Blue Ridge

• Valley and Ridge

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

• The Chesapeake Bay

• The Gulf of Mexico

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Great Lakes

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The Eastern Shore is part of which region of Virginia?

• The Coastal Plain (Tidewater) region

• The Appalachian Mountains

• The Piedmont region

• The Valley and Ridge region

The Fall Line is located between which two regions?

• The Coastal Plain (Tidewater) and the Piedmont

• The Appalachian Mountains and the Coastal Plain

• The Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains

• The Desert Southwest and the Pacific Northwest

Terms that show connections between two places, like “next to” and “near,” are ways of describing what?

• Absolute location

• Relative location

• Geographical coordinates

• Spatial orientation