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Virginia Studies ReviewVS.2a-g
Created by Sarah Duncan, Social Studies SpecialistPortsmouth Public Schools
2008
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What large bodies of water border Virginia? Chesapeake
Bay
The Chesapeake Bay:
Provided a safe harbor for the settlers
Was a source of food and transportation for the settlers
Flows into the Atlantic Ocean
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What large bodies of water border Virginia?
The Atlantic Ocean:
Provided transportation links between Virginia and other places (Europe, Africa, Caribbean)
The
Atlantic
Ocean
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What states border Virginia?
Maryland
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee North Carolina
Virginia
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What are the five geographic regions in Virginia?
Coastal Plain/Tidewater•Flat Land•Located near the Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay•East of the Fall Line•Jamestown located in this region
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What are the five geographic regions in Virginia?
Piedmont •Means land at the foot of the mountains•Characterized by rolling hills•West of the Fall Line
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What are the five geographic regions in Virginia?
Blue Ridge Mountains•Old, Rounded Mountains•Part of the Appalachian Mountain system•Located between the Piedmont (east) and Valley and Ridge (west) regions•Source of many rivers
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Valley and Ridge • Includes the Great Valley of Virginia• Valleys are separated by ridges• Part of the Appalachian Mountain system• Located west of the Blue Ridge Mountains and
east of the Appalachian Plateau
What are the five geographic regions in Virginia?
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Appalachian Plateau• Area of elevated land that is flat on top• Located in Southwest Virginia• Only a small part of the plateau is
located in Virginia
What are the five geographic regions in Virginia?
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Virginia’s River Features
James River•Flows into the Chesapeake Bay•Richmond and Jamestown located along the James River
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Virginia’s River Features
York River•Flows into the Chesapeake Bay•Yorktown is located along the York River
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Virginia’s River Features
Rappahannock River
•Flows into the Chesapeake Bay•Fredericksburg is located along the river
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Virginia’s River Features
Potomac River•Flows into the Chesapeake Bay•Alexandria is located along the river
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• Each river was a source of food and provided a pathway for exploration and settlement of Virginia.
Virginia’s River Features
All rivers flow east into the Chesapeake Bay.
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Lake DrummondLocated in the Coastal Plain (Tidewater) regionLake Drummond is a shallow lake surrounded by the Dismal Swamp
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Dismal Swamp
• Located in the Coastal Plain/Tidewater Region
• Has a Variety of Wildlife
• George Washington explored and surveyed the Dismal Swamp
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Major Native American Indian Languages
Coastal Plain/Tidewater – Algonquian was spokenPiedmont – Siouan was spokenAppalachian Plateau – Iroquoian was spoken
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Virginia’s Native Americans
• Christopher Columbus called the people he found “Indians” because he thought he was in the Indies!!
Spain
San Salvador
Where he landed!
Indies
Where he thought he was!
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Virginia’s Native Americans
• Artifacts, such as arrowheads, pottery and other tools that have been found tell a lot about the people who lived in Virginia.
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Virginia’s Climate
Spring
Fall
Winter
Summer
The climate in Virginia is relatively mild with distinct seasons—spring, summer, fall and winter—resulting in a variety of vegetation.
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Adaptations to the Environment
•The kinds of food the Native Americans ate, the clothing they wore, and the shelters they lived in was all dependent on their environment:
–Clothing was made from deer skins
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•Shelter was made from trees, animals and other materials
Adaptations to the Environment
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Foods Changed with the Seasons:
In the winter, the Native Americans hunted birds and animals.
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•In the Spring, Native Americans fished and picked berries.
Foods Changed with the Seasons:
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Foods Changed with the Seasons:
• In the summer, Native Americans grew crops.– Beans, corn and pumpkins
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Werowocomoco
North is to the right, but Werowocomoco is underlined (pink), and on the York River.Jamestown is underlined in green.
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• Was a large Indian town used by Indian leaders for several hundred years before the English settlers came.
• It was headquarters of the leader, Powhatan, in 1607.
Werowocomoco
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Jamestown, the first permanent settlement
• Archaeologists have discovered the site of the original fort.
• The recovered artifacts give archaeologists clues about the interactions of the English, Africans and Indians in early Virginia.
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American Indians in Virginia TODAY
Coastal Plain ~ Chickahominy Tribe, Eastern Chickahominy Tribe, Mattapoini Tribe, Nansemond Tribe, Pamunkey Tribe, Rappahanock Tribe, Upper Mattaponi TribePiedmont ~ Monacan Trive
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Review Questions
1. What large bodies of water border Virginia?
A Atlantic Ocean and Pacific OceanB Chesapeake Bay and Shenandoah
RiverC Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake
Bay D Chesapeake Bay and Indian Ocean
C
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2. Which of the following states border Virginia?
A Pennsylvania and MarylandB West Virginia and GeorgiaC Tennessee and North Carolina D Kentucky and South Carolina
Review Questions
C
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Review Questions
3. Which two regions of Virginia are separated by the Fall Line?
A Appalachian Plateau and Blue Ridge Mountains
B Piedmont and Blue Ridge Mountains
C Coastal Plain and Piedmont D Blue Ridge Mountains and
Piedmont C
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Review Questions
4. Which is a characteristic of the Coastal Plain (Tidewater)?
A Flat land B Old rounded mountainsC ValleysD Plateau
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Review Questions
5. Which of the following regions has waterfalls that prevent further travel on the river?
A Piedmont B Appalachian PlateauC Coastal PlainD Blue Ridge Mountain
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Review Questions
6. What region borders the Piedmont to the west?
A Coastal PlainB Appalachian PlateauC Blue Ridge Mountains D Valley and Ridge
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Review Questions
7. Which region is a source of many Virginia rivers?
A Coastal PlainB Blue Ridge Mountains C Eastern ShoreD Appalachian Plateau
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Review Questions
8. Which of the following is part of the Appalachian Mountain system?
A Coastal Plain and PiedmontB Piedmont and Appalachian
PlateauC Valley and Ridge and Appalachian
Plateau D Valley and Ridge and Coastal Plain
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Review Questions
9. What body of water provided transportation links between Virginia and Europe?
A James RiverB Atlantic Ocean C Chesapeake BayD Potomac River
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Review Questions
10.Arrowheads, pottery, and tools are examples of __________ that prove American Indians lived in all areas of Virginia.
A artifacts B journalsC diariesD documents