1. Maps and Regions: Tidewater and Piedmont Regions

2. Virginia is bordered by...MD WV
Chesapeake Bay VA KY NC
Atlantic Ocean TN

3. Virginia has 5 regions.
Piedmont
Coastal Plain

4. There are many _____________ in the Tidewater region. peninsulas
What is the name of this peninsula?
Eastern Shore

5. What forms a natural border between the Tidewater and Piedmont regions?
Fall Line

6. PLEASE READ YOUR JOURNAL!
There are four major rivers:
Rappahannock
Potomac
York
James
PLEASE READ YOUR JOURNAL!

7. Can you name these cities?
Alexandria
Fredericksburg
Richmond
Yorktown

8. What is the other name for the Coastal Plain region?
Tidewater

9. “land at the foot of the mountains”
What does the word Piedmont mean?

10. What kind of land is the Coastal Plain region?
low, flat land

11. What kind of land is the Piedmont region?
rolling hills

12. Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay
What two bodies of water border the Coastal Plain region?
Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay

13. The Chesapeake Bay provides a safe ____________.
harbor

14. What kind of landform is in the southeastern corner of the Coastal Plain region?
Dismal Swamp

15. What is the name of the lake surrounded by the Dismal Swamp?
Lake Drummond

16. Who explored and surveyed the Dismal Swamp?
George Washington

17. What type of landform is the Eastern Shore?
peninsula