VA Geography Test Review

Match the following

• peninsula

• a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides

• plain

• a large area of raised, flat land

• country

• a relatively flat piece of land

• plateau

• a nation

Match the following

• valley

• one of the main land masses of the world

• continent

• a low piece of land that runs between hills and mountains

• bay

• a body of water that goes into the shoreline

• ridge

• a long area of elevated land; a chain of hills or mountains

List the five states that border VA.

Groups:

(a) VA's border neighbors

,

(b) NOT VA's border neighbor

• Georgia

• West Virginia

• Ohio

• Pennsylvania

• South Carolina

• Maryland

• Kentucky

• Delaware

• North Carolina

• Tennessee

identify the geographic regions of VA labeled with numbers on the map.

a

b

c

d

e

Coastal Plain

Appalachian Plateau

Blue Ridge Mountain

Valley and Ridge

Piedmont

VA is located on the continent of ________.

• South America

• North America

• Europe

VA is located in the ___________hemisphere.

• Southern

• Northern

• Eastern

What region includes the Eastern Shore?

• Appalachian Plateau

• Valley and Ridge Region

• Coastal Plain

What is the natural border that separates the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont Region?

• James River

• fall line

• Natural Bridge

What region has lots of rolling hills?

• Piedmont Region

• Blue Ridge Mountain

• Valley and Ridge

What region includes the Great Valley of VA?

• Blue Ridge Mountain Region

• Piedmont Region

• Valley and Ridge Region