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Regions of Virginia Study Sheet
Appalachian
Plateau
Valley and
Ridge
Blue Ridge
Mountains
(geography:
What does it
look like?)
Valleys and
ridges (tops of
mountains)
Products
Coal
Poultry
Apples
(birds), apples
Tobacco
products
Seafood
Industries
Coal mining
Farming
Technology,
federal and state
government,
farming, and
textiles
Shipbuilding,
tourism, federal
military
installations
(Things
made/used in
that region)
(Businesses or
manufacturing)
Native
Americans
and
Languages
Cities
Recreation
Flat land with
beaches
(includes Eastern
Shore)
(clothing)
Monacan spoke Powhatans
Siouan
spoke
Algonquin
Cherokee
spoke
Iroquoian
By Tammy Horton
Rolling hills
Tidewater/
Coastal
Plain
Area of
elevated land
that is flat on
top
Land
Old, rounded
mountains
Piedmont
Galax
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*RICHMOND,
Charlottesville,
Petersburg,
Arlington
Jamestown,
Williamsburg,
Yorktown, Norfolk,
Virginia Beach
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Appalachian
Plateau
Valley and
Ridge
Water
Features
Land
Features
Plateau
Caverns, part
(only a small part of Appalachian
is in Virginia)
Mountain
System,
Cumberland
Gap; west of
the Blue Ridge
Mountains
Blue Ridge
Mountains
Piedmont
Tidewater/
Coastal
Plain
Source of
Fall Line
many rivers
(Rapids)
(where rivers
start)
Atlantic Ocean,
Chesapeake
Bay,
Potomac River,
Rappahannock
River,
York River,
James River,
Dismal Swamp,
Lake
Drummond
Part of
Appalachian
Mountain
System
Eastern
Shore,
Lighthouses,
beaches,
Naval
Shipyards
(west of the
Fall Line)
Be able to pick the regions out on a map to label them.
By Tammy Horton
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Copyright 2012