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WorksheetsVirginia Regions, Surrounding States & Native Languages
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How many regions are in VA?
a)
5
b)
6
c)
4
d)
2
2.
Which region has old rounded mountains?
a)
Blue Ridge Mountains
b)
Piedmont
c)
Coastal Plain
d)
Appalachian Plateau
3.
Which region name is known as land at the foot of the mountains?
a)
Blue Ridge Mountains
b)
Piedmont
c)
Coastal Plain
d)
Appalachian Plateau
4.
This region has sandy, flat land?
a)
Valley and Ridge
b)
Piedmont
c)
Coastal Plain
d)
Appalachian Plateau
5.
The --- region is described with having rolling hills.
a)
Piedmont
b)
Coastal Plain
c)
Valley & Ridge
d)
Blue Ridge Mountains
6.
A region with elevated, flat land.
a)
Appalachian Plateau
b)
Piedmont
c)
Blue Ridge Mountains
d)
Valley and Ridge
7.
Select the two large bodies of water that border VA to the east.
a)
Pacific Ocean & Atlantic Ocean
b)
York River & Chesapeake Bay
c)
Chesapeake Bay & Atlantic Ocean
d)
Chesapeake Bay & Pacific Ocean
8.
--- is a shallow, natural lake surrounded by the Dismal Swamp, located in the Coastal Plain.
a)
Lake Draining
b)
Lake Drummond
c)
Lake Washington
9.
Name the peninsula which is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean & Chesapeake Bay.
a)
Western Shore
b)
Piedmont
c)
Tidewater
d)
Eastern Shore
10.
Define the word "peninsula".
a)
A large body of water bordering land.
b)
A piece of land bordered on all sides by water.
c)
A piece of land bordered on 2 sides by water.
d)
A piece of land bordered on 3 sides by water.
11.
What body of water provided transportation links between Virginia and Europe?
a)
James River
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Chesapeake Bay
d)
Potomac River
12.
Which number represents the Chesapeake Bay?
a)
1
b)
3
c)
4
d)
2
13.
Which of the following phrases does not describe relative location?
a)
The James River is a long river.
b)
The Atlantic Ocean is near the Coastal Plain.
c)
West Virginia is a border of Virginia.
d)
Alexandria is near Fredericksburg.
14.
The state that does NOT border Virginia is-
a)
Tennessee.
b)
Maryland.
c)
South Carolina.
d)
North Carolina.
15.
What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
16.
What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
17.
Which state borders Virginia to the southwest?
a)
Tennessee
b)
Kentucky
c)
Maryland
d)
West Virginia
18.
Which section on the map shows where Siouan language groups lived?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
1
d)
4
19.
Which section of the map shows where Algonquian language groups lived?
a)
1
b)
4
c)
5
d)
3
20.
Which word means the study of past cultures and the way people lived based on artifacts people left behind?
a)
geologist
b)
climate
c)
artifacts
d)
archaeology
21.
Why did Christopher Columbus call the people he found in the lands he explored "Indians"?
a)
The native peoples called themselves "Indians".
b)
He thoughts he was in the Indies.
c)
He made up the name "Indians".
d)
He thought he had found America.
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