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Chapter 2 The Regions of
WV
Review
WV Regions•Potomac Section
• Allegheny Highlands
•Allegheny Plateau
•Ohio River Valley
Potomac Section
Allegheny Highlands
Allegheny Plateau
Ohio River Valley
area bound by common
characteristics
region
Characteristics of regions• Climate
• economic opportunities
• land forms
• recreational opportunities
Slopes upward from the Valley of Virginia
to the Allegheny Highlands
Potomac Section.
Potomac Section Agriculture
•Livestock
•peach and apple orchards
region west of the Potomac Section
Allegheny
Highlands
one who moves into a new country to settle
there
immigrant
highest point in the state
Spruce Knob - 4,862 feet above sea level
Where you will find one-sided spruce
trees.Dolly Sods
Lowest point in the state
Harper’s Ferry
State nickname
The Mountain State
Where is the Forest Festival held each year?
Elkins
region west of the Allegheny Highlands
Allegheny Plateau
Allegheny Plateau
an elevated tract of more-or-less level land
plateau
What happened to the elevated level land?
Eroded into gorges and canyons
second oldest river in the world
New
worlds largest single arch steel span
New River Gorge Bridge - Fayette County
Where did Mad Ann Bailey ride her horse to escape the Indians?
Hawks Nest
White water rivers•Cheat
•Tygart
•New
•Gauley
Whitewater RaftersGauley RiverNicholas County
Plateau Natural Resources• Limestone
• sandstone
• shale
• coal
• oil
• natural gas
• salt
Important byproducts of natural resources• Saccharin
• Perfumes• Aspirin• Lysol• Vaseline• Vanillin• Dyes• Tires
• Gasoline• Benzene• Kerosene• Greases• Paraffins• Carbon black• Carbon paper• Inks
Italian City
Clarksburg
Italian HeritageFestival
ClarksburgHarrisonCounty
Indian meanings of Kanawha
"place of the
white stone"
"river of evil spirits"
location of the state Capitol Complex
Charleston
What is the name of the play about Chief Cornstalk’s
daughter?
The Aracoma Story
At Chief Logan State Park
stretches from the northern panhandle to the Big Sandy River
Ohio River Valley
Ohio River Cities
• Wellsburg
• Wheeling
• Sistersville
• St. Marys
• Williamstown
• Parkersburg
• Ravenswood
historic island in the Ohio River near
Parkersburg Blennerhassett
the crime of trying to overthrow the government of
one’s state orcountry
treason
Ohio River Industries•Steel
•Glass
•Textile
Weirton Steel
Location of Fenton Glass
Williamstown
Ohio River Valley
Festival of Lights
Oglebay
Park - Wheeling
Festival of LightsOglebay ParkOhio County
the seat of government for a
nation or state
capital
First Capitol Building
U.S. Custom House in Wheeling
Independence Hall
City like
Urban
Charleston
Charleston
Cattle and Sheep
Livestock
Health resort
Spa
Large city in Highlands
Beckley
Tamarack
Town developed by James Rumsey
Berkeley
Springs
Little Switzerland
Helvetia
Moves to a new country
immigrant
Elevated flat land
Plateau
Rugged - Mountainous
Allegheny
Highlands
Gorges and Canyons
Allegheny
Plateau
Eastern PanhandlePotomac
Section
Potomac Eagle
Potomac Section
Bridge Day
Allegheny Plateau
Hawks Nest
Allegheny Plateau
Apple Orchards
Potomac Section
Chemical industry
Allegheny Plateau
Blennerhassett Island
Ohio River Valley
Spruce Knob
Allegheny Highlands
Harper’s Ferry
Potomac Section
Festival of Lights
Festival of Lights – Oglebay ParkOhio County
Ohio River Valley
Blue Ridge Outlet Mall
Potomac Section
Berkeley Springs
Potomac Section
Seneca Rocks
Allegheny Highlands
White Water Rafting
Allegheny Plateau
State Capitol Complex
Allegheny Plateau
Sistersville Ferry
Ohio River Valley
Steel industry
Ohio River Valley
Snowshoe Ski Resort
Allegheny Highlands
The Trough
Potomac Section
Smoke Hole Caverns
Allegheny Highlands
New River Gorge
Allegheny Plateau
First Capital
Ohio River Valley
Forest Festival
Allegheny Highlands
Textile industry
Ohio River Valley
Helvetia
Allegheny Highlands
Dolly Sods
Allegheny Highlands
Lost World Caverns
Allegheny Highlands
Tourist Regions
List the Tourist Regions of WVEastern Panhandle
Potomac Highlands
Mountain lakes
Mountaineer Country
Northern Panhandle
Mid-Ohio Valley
Metro Valley
Hatfield-McCoy Mts.
New River-Greenbrier Valley
someone who travels away from home to another place and who
does not plan to stay permanently in the new location.
tourist
where the first European explorer first entered
West Virginia.
Harpers Ferry
Eastern Panhandle
the oldest town in West Virginia.
Shepherdstown
West Virginia’s first permanent settler
Morgan Morgan
Eastern Panhandle
was originally called Bath
Berkeley Springs
Eastern Panhandle
First land battle of the Civil War
Philippi
Mountaineer Country
Home of WVU
Morgantown
Mountaineer Country
the oldest college in the state.
Bethany College
“gateway to the West”
Wheeling
Northern Panhandle
built by the early Woodland people
Grave Creek Mound
Northern Panhandle
one of the biggest “oil booms” in the eastern United States
Tyler County
Northern Panhandle
Oil and Gas Museum
Parkersburg
Mid-Ohio Valley
Visitors can take a ferry to this famous Island in the Ohio River.
Blennerhassett Island
The largest manufacture of handmade colored glass in the
U.S.
Fenton Glass
Mid-Ohio Valley
First battle of the American Revolotion
Battle of Point Pleasant
Mid-Ohio Valley
Developed along the C&O Railroad line
•Metro Valley
•Huntington
Capitol Complex
Charleston
Metro Valley
Coal was discovered
Peytona, Boone County
Hatfield-McCoy Mountains
The region takes its name from the infamous feud
Hatfield and McCoy
In this town, about one hundred years ago, as many as fourteen millionaires lived in a
two-block radius.
BramwellNew River/Greenbrier
Valley
Second oldest river in the world
New
West Virginia’s best known cave
Organ Cave
New River/Greenbrier Valley
Attracted thirty-three U.S. Presidents
The Greenbrier Resort
The city of Point Pleasant boasts a twelve-foot statue made of stainless steel with red eyes, which were made by Blenko
Glass.
Point Pleasant Mothman