Created by Melissa Warren 2001

Native Americans

Regions of Virginia

Bodies of Water

Notable Cities

Virginia Potpourri

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The language group of the Powhatans.

Who are the Algonquians?

The Plateau where the Iroquoian Indians

lived.

What is the Allegheny/Appalachia

n Region?

Three American Indian groups found

in Virginia.

What are the Algonquin, Iroquoian,

and Sioux?

The region where the Siouan language

group lived.

What is the Piedmont Region?

The Cherokee were part of this language

group

What is the Iroquoian?

The region where the Algonquin Indians

lived.

What is the Tidewater Region?

The temperate climate in Virginia

allowed for the growth of this in the

Tidewater region.

What is tobacco?

Free labor was provided in the

Tidewater Region by these people.

What are African Slaves?

The five regions of Virginia.

What are Appalachian/Alleghan

y, Piedmont, Tidewater, Ridge and

Valley, and Blue Ridge Mountains?

The rich mineral deposits allowed for the growth in mining coal in this region.

What is the Allegheny Plateau?

The body of water where cities

developed due to it’s rich natural resources

and its natural harbor.

What is the Chesapeake Bay?

The English settled at the mouth of this

river found in Virginia

What is the James River?

The James River was a good place for the English to settle for 3

reasons.

What are good natural resources, good harbor, and easy to defend?

Developed in areas that had access to the Atlantic Ocean.

What are cities?

Cities developed around the mouth of

this body of water because of its rich

natural resources and it’s natural harbor.

What is the Chesapeake Bay?

Three cities found near the Chesapeake

Bay.

What are Norfolk, Hampton, Yorktown, and Newport News?

This city is found at the fall line along the

James River.

What is Richmond?

These two cities are found in the

Shenandoah Valley.

What are Winchester and Harrisonburg?

These two bodies of water border Virginia.

What are the Potomac River and the Atlantic Ocean?

Cities developed along rivers in early

Virginia for this reason.

What are transportation

routes?

The first people to live in Virginia.

Who are the American Indians?

Five states border Virginia.

What are Maryland, West Virginia,

Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina?

Two influences of the products and

industries of a region.

What are natural resources and

physical characteristics?

Four industries that were encouraged by Virginia waterways

and natural harbors.

What are shipbuilding,

shipping, fishing, and tourism?

Two things developed in Virginia because

of the fertile soil.

What are lumbering and farming?

Final Jeopardy

Two forms of transportation

provided a way to get goods to markets and

raw materials to manufacturing

centers.

What are railroads and interstate

highways?