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1、InthefollowingpresentationyouwillfindinformationaboutthefivegeographicregionsofVirginia Readandenjoy Trythemultiplechoicequestions RefertoyourVirginiaHistorySOLbookletsforhelp TheFiveGeographicRegionsofVirginia CoastalPlain Tidewater Piedmont BlueRidgeMountains AppalachianPlateau ValleyandRidge Dist
2、inctiveCharacteristicsofeachregion CoastalPlain Tidewater low flatlandsandysoillocatedneartheAtlanticOceanandtheChesapeakeBaylocatedeastoftheFallLineOurpeninsula theNorthernNeck islocatedinthisregion ThePeninsulasandtheirborderingbodiesofwater NorthernNeck borderedbythePotomacandtheRappahannockriver
3、sMiddlePeninsula borderedbytheRappahannockandtheYorkriversThePeninsula borderedbytheYorkandtheJamesriversTheEasternShorePeninsula borderedbytheChesapeakeBayandtheAtlanticOcean Piedmont ThewordPiedmontmeans landatthefootofthemountains rollinghills Lookatthepictureonpage61inyourtextbook locatedwestoft
4、heFallLineThisisVirginia slargestregion ItisalsocalledthePlateau Aplateauisalarge raised levelpieceofland Ourstatecapital Richmond islocatedhere TheFallLine ThisispartofthePiedmontregion Ithasmanywaterfallsandrapids ThewaterfallspreventedfurthertravelontheriversduringColonialVirginiaandthiscausetown
5、stospringup ThetownslaterbecamecitieslikeRichmond Fredericksburg Alexandria Petersburg andlaterEmporia TheyareallFallLinecitiesbecausetheygrewupalongmajorVirginiarivers FallLinecitiesandtheRiverstheydevelopedalong AlexandriawasdevelopedalongthePotomacRiver FredericksburgwasdevelopedalongtheRappahann
6、ockRiver RichmondwasdevelopedalongtheJamesRiver PetersburgwasdevelopedalongtheAppomattoxRiver EmporiawasdevelopedalongtheMeherrinRiver Alexandria Petersburg Emporia PotomacRiver RappahannockRiver JamesRiver Let sReview Lookatthepreviousslideifyouneedhelpatanytime A OnwhatriverwastheFallLinecityofAle
7、xandriadeveloped That sright Potomac B Onwhatriverwasourstatecapital Richmond developed Well JamesRiver ofcourse C NametheFallLinecitythat slocateddirectlysouthofPetersburg DidyousayEmporia Good D Onwhatriverdidthiscitydevelop MeherrinRiver Let simaginethatyouareoneoftheearlysettlerstravelingonthePo
8、tomacRiver You renowapproachingasuddendropinthewaythatyourshipwasmoving Whatdoyouthinkcouldhavehappened Gotothenextslideandlookclosely Clicktheback arrowtocomebacktothisslide Now Let sgoback Didyouseehowdifficultitwouldbetocontinueyourjourney Youwouldactuallyhavetogetoutofyourboatandbarter ortradeyo
9、urgoodsinordertowalkaroundthefallsandthengetbackinyourboatonceithasgottenaroundthefalls WaterfallsandRapids Lookagain Woulditbepossibleforaboattotravelwitheaseonwaterlikethis No Ididn tthinkthatyouwouldlikeit BlueRidgeMountains Old roundedmountains stretchingfromPennsylvaniatoGeorgia partoftheAppala
10、chianMountainsystem ThismountainsystemstretchesfromCanadatoAlabama ridge alineofhillsormountainslocatedbetweenthePiedmontandValleyandRidgeregionsSourceofmanyrivers ValleyandRidge IncludestheGreatValleyofVirginiaandothervalleysseparatedbyridges theGreatValleyliesbetweentheAlleghenyandtheBlueRidgeMoun
11、tains Itisruggedduetomanyhighandrockypeaks TheBlueRidgeMountainsandtheValleyandRidgeRegionsarepartoftheAppalachianMountainsystem LocatedwestoftheBlueRidgeMountains AppalachianPlateau Plateau anareaofelevatedlandthatisflatontoplocatedinSouthwestVirginiaborderedbythestatesofTennesseeandKentucky Tidewa
12、ter Virginia sProductsandIndustries CoastalPlain Tidewater Seafood Shipbuilding tourism federalmilitaryinstallations Piedmont Tobaccoproducts informationtechnology Technology federalandstategovernment farming textiles BlueRidgeMountains Apples Recreation ValleyandRidge Poultry apples Farming Appalac
13、hianPlateau Coal Coalmining FactsaboutsomeVirginiacities Norfolk hometothelargestNavalBaseinVirginiaTherearealotofpeopleworkinginmilitaryjobshere NewportNews hometothelargestshipbuildingyardsintheUnitedStates VirginiaBeach wellknownresortcityThiscityhelpsVirginia stourismindustry ThisisVirginia smos
14、tpopulatedindependentcity FederalandStateGovernment Thestategovernmentisledbythegovernor OurformergovernorofthestateofVirginiaisJamesGilmore HestayedinRichmond ourstatecapital inthehouseknownastheGovernor sMansion Virginia sFirstAfrican AmericanGovernor LawrenceDouglasWilderwasthefirstAfrican Ameri
15、cantobegovernorofVirginia HewasalsothefirstAfrican AmericangovernorintheU S sinceReconstruction Whichoftheseisn toneofVirginia sfivegeographicregions A CoastalPlain Tidewater B PiedmontC Valley RidgeD RockyMountainsE AppalachianPlateau Whichregionisfarthestwest A AppalachianPlateauB AtlanticOceanC C
16、oastalPlain Tidewater D EasternShore N S W E WhichregionisdirectlywestoftheFallLine A AppalachianPlateauB PiedmontC Valley RidgeD CoastalPlain Tidewater InwhichregionisRichmondlocated A CoastalPlain Tidewater B PiedmontC EasternShorePeninsulaD NorthernNeckPeninsula WhichofVirginia sregionsisthelargest A PiedmontB CoastalPlain Tidewater C AppalachianPlateauD BlueRidgeMountain WhichriversbordertheNorthernNeckPeninsula A PamunkeyRiver JamesRiverB ChesapeakeBay AtlanticOceanC RappahannockRiver Potom
