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RR Ee Ll Aa Tt Ii Vv Ee LL Oo Cc Aa Tt Ii Oo Nn ©Melissa Matusevich ©Melissa Matusevich satellite photographtakenfromouter This physicalmapofVirginiaisactuallya neighboring states: boundaries ofVirginiaandthefive Thin redlineswereaddedtoshowthe regions ofthestate: added tohighlightthefivegeographic well asthelocationofmountains.Colorwas On ityoucanseewherethelandisflatas 5. Tennessee 5. 3. WestVirginia 1. Kentucky 3. NorthCarolina Maryland 2. 5. Appalachian Plateau 5. Appalachian 4. Mountains Valley andRidge Ridge 3. Blue 2. Piedmont 1. Coastal Plain(Tidewater) Physical MapofVirginia A Appalachian Plateau Located in Southwest Virginia Only a small part of B the plateau is located in Virginia E D A C C E Blue Ridge Mountains Coastal Plain B D (Tidewater) space. Valley and Ridge Old, rounded mountains Piedmont Flat land Includes the Great Valley Part of Appalachian Piedmont means of Virginia and other mountain system “land at the foot of Located near the valleys separated by mountains” Atlantic Ocean Located between the and the ridges Piedmont and Valley and Rolling hills Chesapeake Bay Located west of Blue Ridge regions West of the Fall Includes the Eastern Ridge Mountains Source of many rivers Line Shore) ©Melissa Matusevich system mountain of theAppalachian Valley andRidgeRegions arepart The BlueRidgeMountains andthe Va =Virginia Mar =Maryland Del =Delaware states: which issharedbythree part oftheDelmarvaPeninsula the AtlanticOceantoeast.Itis Chesapeake Baytothewestand peninsula borderedbythe The EasternShoreislocatedona ©Melissa Matusevich Peninsula Plateau Relative Location Relative location may be described using words or phrases that show connections between two places. Here are three examples: on top. land thatisflat area ofelevated A peninsula A plateau sides. water onthree bordered by piece ofland Geography isan is a isa Next to Near Bordering Peninsula Delmarva Can you think of others? ©Melissa Matusevich ©Melissa Matusevich Settlement Areas in Early Virginia Virginia and Bordering States The culture of Virginia reflected Migration and American Indian (First American), living in new Maryland African, and European origins. areas caused people to adapt old D Germans and customs to their new West Virginia Scotch-Irish settled environment. primarily in the A Shenandoah Valley, which was along the Kentucky VA B A migration route. D Virginia B Atlantic C C Ocean C Tennessee North Carolina Chesapeake Bay C American Indians (First B Africans settled Americans) were primarily in primarily in the A English the Tidewater and Piedmont Tidewater and settled Use this simple trick to remember the states that border regions and the Appalachian Piedmont regions, primarily in Virginia: KISS ME WITH NO TEETH. Plateau, where their where agriculture Tidewater and K = Kentucky N = North Carolina traditional homelands were required a great Piedmont M = Maryland T = Tennessee located. deal of labor. regions. W = West Virginia seasons: The climateinVirginiaisrelativelymildwithdistinct ©Melissa Matusevich plants andtrees. Because ofthis,Virginiahasmanydifferentkinds ©Melissa Matusevich Cumberland Gap 4. 3. 2. 1. Summer Spring Winter Fall C C l l i i m m a a t t e e i i n n V V i i r r g Cumberland Gap g i i n n i i a After the colonists won the Revolutionary War, they joined together to a create a new country called the United States of America. Many Virginians began to move west. The Cumberland Gap made crossing the Appalachian Mountains easier. A gap is a low place between two mountains. On the map above, you can see a map of the Cumberland Plateau with the Cumberland Gap marked. You also can see a picture of the Cumberland Gap. ©Melissa Matusevich Cumberland Gap After the American Revolution, Virginia’s agricultural base began to change, and as a result large numbers of Virginians moved west and to the Deep South to find better farmland and new opportunities. Settlers crossed the Appalachian Mountains through the Cumberland Gap as they migrated to new lands in the west. Maryland West Virginia Kentucky VA Virginia Cumberland Gap Atlantic Ocean X Tennessee North Carolina Chesapeake Bay ©Melissa Matusevich ©Melissa Matusevich Virginia. exploration andforthesettlement of rivers providedapathway for Each riverwasasource offood.The Water I Features I m m of p p Virginia o o r r t t a a n n t t C V V the PotomacRiver. Alexandria islocatedalong into theChesapeakeBay. James River. are locatedalongthe Richmond andJamestown the ChesapeakeBay the YorkRiver. Yorktown islocatedalong the ChesapeakeBay. The The The The Rappahannock River. located onthe Bay. Fredericksburgis flows intotheChesapeake i i r r D B g g York River Rappahannock River Potomac River James River i i A n n E i i a a F R R i i flowsinto v v e e flows into r r flows s s . A Atlantic Ocean D Rappahannock River B Chesapeake Bay E York River C Potomac River F James River ©Melissa N. Matusevich ©Melissa Matusevich The Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay How to Remember the Rivers of Virginia The Atlantic Ocean provided transportation links between Atlantic Ocean Virginia, Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean. Ms. Jackson Mr. Jones, Mr. Green, Mr. Smith, Mr. Cox Atlantic Ocean Coast Atlantic Ocean at Sunrise Principals Race Yellow Jaguars. The Chesapeake Bay provided a safe harbor and was a Chesapeake Bay source of food and transportation. Potomac The main rivers of Rappahannock Virginia from North to South are these: York James Satellite Photograph Chesapeake Bay Beach 17 Mile Bridge Tunnel ©Melissa Matusevich ©Melissa Matusevich The with awhiteline. Jamestown Island Today photograph above,the travel ontheriver.Insatellite regions, wherewaterfallspreventfurther the CoastalPlain(Tidewater)andPiedmont FallLine isthe F F a a l l l l natural border L L i i n n Fall Line e e isshown between Aerial view of Jamestown Island today. ©Melissa Matusevich The Fall Line and its Effect on Virginia Rivers East of the Fall Line River At the Fall Line Potomac Rappahannock James .
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