Virginia Studies- Chapter 2

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What are the two bodies of Water bordering on Virginia?
Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay
What are the five states bordering Virginia?
Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina
What are Virginia's five geographic regions?
Coastal Plain (Tidewater), Piedmont, Blue Ridge Mountains, Vally and Ridge, Appalachian Plateau
What are the two Land features of the Tidewater Region?
Flat Land, East of the Fall Line
Water features of Tidewater
Located near Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay
Products of the Tidewater
Seafood
Industries of the Tidewater
shipbuilding, tourism, federal military installations
Land features of the Piedmont region
Foot of the mountains, Rolling Hills, West of the Fall LIne
Products of the Piedmont
Tobacco
Industries of the Piedmont
Technology, Federal and State Government, Farming, Textiles
Land features of the Blue Ridge Mountains
Old rounded mountains, part of Appalachian mountain system, between Piedmont and Valley and Ridge Regions
Water features of the Blue Ridge Mountain region
Source of many rivers
Products of the Blue Ridge Mountains
Apples
Industries of the Blue Ridge Mountain region
Recreation
Land features of Valley and Ridge region.
Great Valley of virginia and other valleys separated by ridges, West of Blue Ridge Mountains
Products of the Valley and Ridge region
Poultry, Apples
Industries of the Valley and Ridge region
Farming
Land features of the Appalachian Plateau
Located in Southwest Virginia, small part of plateau located in Virginia
Products of the Appalachian Plateau
Coal
Industries of the Appalachian Plateau
Coal Mining
Area of elevated land that is flat on top
Plateau
Appalachian Mountain System
includes Blue Ridge Mountains and Allegany Mountains
Tidewater (Coastal Plain)
flat land, includes the Eastern Shore, east of Fall Line, next to Chesapeake Bay, shipbuilding, fishing farming, cities are along rivers
Piedmont
eastern border is the fall line, a plateau that slopes east, cities and markets are a the fall line, means "foot of the mountain", high population density, Richmond, farming, textiles, technology, government jobs
Blue Ridge Mountain Region
Appalachian Mountains, highest peaks in VA, natural border, tourism, Shenandoah National Park
Valley and Ridge Region
Valleys- Valley of Virginia, Ridges- Allegheny Mountains, apple farming, tourism, natural Chimneys, Limestone Caves
Appalachian Plateau
western corner, coal mining, low population density, difficult to farm, Cumberland Gap, railroads built, no rivers, rocky soil
tide
rising and falling of Oceans
transportation
moving people or goods
population density
number of people who live in an area
textile
woven fabric
deep mining
digging down into the earth to get coal
surface mining
stripping off top layers of earth to mine coal
subsistence farming
growing your own food and making the things you need
barter
trading goods without using money
fall line
the area which land drops down and rivers drop over waterfalls making it impossible for boats to travel up or down
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