1. Chapter 2 The Regions of WV
Review

2. WV Regions Potomac Section Allegheny Highlands Allegheny Plateau
Ohio River Valley

5. Potomac Section

6. Allegheny Highlands

7. Allegheny Plateau

8. Ohio River Valley

9. area bound by common characteristics
region

10. Characteristics of regions
Climate
economic opportunities
land forms
recreational opportunities

11. Slopes upward from the Valley of Virginia to the Allegheny Highlands
Potomac Section.

12. Potomac Section Agriculture
Livestock
peach and apple orchards

13. region west of the Potomac Section
Allegheny
Highlands

14. one who moves into a new country to settle there
immigrant

15. highest point in the state
Spruce Knob - 4,862 feet above sea level

16. Where you will find one-sided spruce trees.
Dolly Sods

18. Lowest point in the state
Harper’s Ferry

22. State nickname
The Mountain State

23. Where is the Forest Festival held each year?
Elkins

25. region west of the Allegheny Highlands
Allegheny Plateau

26. Allegheny Plateau

27. an elevated tract of more-or-less level land
plateau

28. What happened to the elevated level land?
Eroded into gorges and canyons

30. second oldest river in the world
New

32. worlds largest single arch steel span
New River Gorge Bridge - Fayette County

34. Where did Mad Ann Bailey ride her horse to escape the Indians?
Hawks Nest

36. White water rivers
Cheat
Tygart
New
Gauley

37. Whitewater Rafters
Gauley River
Nicholas County

38. Plateau Natural Resources
Limestone
sandstone
shale
coal
oil
natural gas
salt

39. Important byproducts of natural resources
Saccharin
Perfumes
Aspirin
Lysol
Vaseline
Vanillin
Dyes
Tires
Gasoline
Benzene
Kerosene
Greases
Paraffins
Carbon black
Carbon paper
Inks

40. Italian City
Clarksburg

41. Italian
Heritage
Festival
Clarksburg
Harrison
County

42. Indian meanings of Kanawha
"place of the
white stone"
"river of evil spirits"

43. location of the state Capitol Complex
Charleston

48. What is the name of the play about Chief Cornstalk’s daughter?
The Aracoma Story
At Chief Logan State Park

49. stretches from the northern panhandle to the Big Sandy River
Ohio River Valley

51. Ohio River Cities Wellsburg Wheeling Sistersville St. Marys
Williamstown
Parkersburg
Ravenswood

52. historic island in the Ohio River near Parkersburg
Blennerhassett

54. the crime of trying to overthrow the government of one’s state or country
treason

55. Ohio River Industries
Steel
Glass
Textile

56. Weirton Steel

57. Location of Fenton Glass
Williamstown
Ohio River Valley

58. Oglebay Park - Wheeling
Festival of Lights
Oglebay
Park - Wheeling

59. Festival of Lights
Oglebay Park
Ohio County

60. the seat of government for a nation or state
capital

61. First Capitol Building
U.S. Custom House in Wheeling

62. Independence Hall

63. City like
Urban

64. Charleston

65. Charleston

66. Cattle and Sheep
Livestock

67. Health resort
Spa

68. Large city in Highlands
Beckley

69. Tamarack

70. Town developed by James Rumsey
Berkeley
Springs

73. Little Switzerland
Helvetia

74. Moves to a new country
immigrant

75. Elevated flat land
Plateau

76. Rugged - Mountainous
Allegheny
Highlands

77. Gorges and Canyons
Allegheny
Plateau

78. Eastern Panhandle
Potomac
Section

79. Potomac Eagle

80. Potomac Section

81. Bridge Day

82. Allegheny Plateau

83. Hawks Nest

84. Allegheny Plateau

85. Apple Orchards

86. Potomac Section

87. Chemical industry

88. Allegheny Plateau

89. Blennerhassett Island

90. Ohio River Valley

91. Spruce Knob

92. Allegheny Highlands

93. Harper’s Ferry

94. Potomac Section

95. Festival of Lights

96. Festival of Lights – Oglebay Park
Ohio County

97. Ohio River Valley

98. Blue Ridge Outlet Mall

99. Potomac Section

100. Berkeley Springs

101. Potomac Section

102. Seneca Rocks

103. Allegheny Highlands

104. White Water Rafting

105. Allegheny Plateau

106. State Capitol Complex

107. Allegheny Plateau

108. Sistersville Ferry

109. Ohio River Valley

110. Steel industry

111. Ohio River Valley

112. Snowshoe Ski Resort

113. Allegheny Highlands

114. The Trough

115. Potomac Section

116. Smoke Hole Caverns

117. Allegheny Highlands

118. New River Gorge

119. Allegheny Plateau

120. First Capital

121. Ohio River Valley

122. Forest Festival

123. Allegheny Highlands

124. Textile industry

125. Ohio River Valley

126. Helvetia

127. Allegheny Highlands

128. Dolly Sods

129. Allegheny Highlands

130. Lost World Caverns

131. Allegheny Highlands

132. Tourist Regions

136. List the Tourist Regions of WV
Eastern Panhandle
Potomac Highlands
Mountain lakes
Mountaineer Country
Northern Panhandle
Mid-Ohio Valley
Metro Valley
Hatfield-McCoy Mts.
New River-Greenbrier Valley

137. someone who travels away from home to another place and who does not plan to stay permanently in the new location.
tourist

138. where the first European explorer first entered West Virginia.
Harpers Ferry
Eastern Panhandle

139. the oldest town in West Virginia.
Shepherdstown

140. West Virginia’s first permanent settler
Morgan Morgan
Eastern Panhandle

141. was originally called Bath
Berkeley Springs
Eastern Panhandle

142. First land battle of the Civil War
Philippi
Mountaineer Country

143. Morgantown Mountaineer Country
Home of WVU
Morgantown
Mountaineer Country

144. the oldest college in the state.
Bethany College

145. Wheeling Northern Panhandle
“gateway to the West”
Wheeling
Northern Panhandle

146. built by the early Woodland people
Grave Creek Mound
Northern Panhandle

147. one of the biggest “oil booms” in the eastern United States
Tyler County
Northern Panhandle

148. Parkersburg Mid-Ohio Valley
Oil and Gas Museum
Parkersburg
Mid-Ohio Valley

149. Visitors can take a ferry to this famous Island in the Ohio River.
Blennerhassett Island

150. The largest manufacture of handmade colored glass in the U.S.
Fenton Glass
Mid-Ohio Valley

151. First battle of the American Revolotion
Battle of Point Pleasant
Mid-Ohio Valley

152. Developed along the C&O Railroad line
Metro Valley
Huntington

153. Charleston Metro Valley
Capitol Complex
Charleston
Metro Valley

154. Peytona, Boone County Hatfield-McCoy Mountains
Coal was discovered
Peytona, Boone County
Hatfield-McCoy Mountains

155. The region takes its name from the infamous feud
Hatfield and McCoy

156. Bramwell New River/Greenbrier Valley
In this town, about one hundred years ago, as many as fourteen millionaires lived in a two-block radius.
Bramwell
New River/Greenbrier Valley

157. Second oldest river in the world
New

158. West Virginia’s best known cave
Organ Cave
New River/Greenbrier Valley

159. Attracted thirty-three U.S. Presidents
The Greenbrier Resort

160. Point Pleasant Mothman
The city of Point Pleasant boasts a twelve-foot statue made of stainless steel with red eyes, which were made by Blenko Glass.
Point Pleasant Mothman