1. Virginia History AssessmentGeography VS4.2a Nannetta McClees July, 2007

2. What two bodies of water border Virginia? • Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean • Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay • Chesapeake Bay and James River • Atlantic Ocean and Rappahannock River

3. All of the following states border Virginia except… • North Carolina • Tennessee • West Virginia • Delaware

4. What large body of water borders the city of Virginia Beach? • Pacific Ocean • Chesapeake Bay • Atlantic Ocean • James River

5. What is the eastern border of Virginia? • Eastern Shore • Atlantic Ocean • Chesapeake Bay • Maryland

6. What body of water separates the Eastern Shore from Virginia’s mainland? • Chesapeake Bay • Atlantic Ocean • Potomac River • James River

7. Virginia has how many physical regions? • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6

8. The Eastern Shore, a peninsula, is separated from the mainland of Virginia by the… • Chesapeake Bay • Rappahannock River • York River • Atlantic Ocean

9. Four major rivers flow into the Chesapeake Bay. Which of the following is not one of these rivers? • Potomac • Rappahannock • Appomattox • York

10. What city is located on the Rappahannock River? • Fredericksburg • Richmond • Yorktown • Alexandria

11. Which of the following rivers provided for the exploration and settlement of Virginia, flows into the Chesapeake Bay, and has Richmond and Jamestown on its banks? • Rappahannock • York • James • Potomac

12. Alexandria is located on which river flowing into the Chesapeake Bay? • York • James • Rappahannock • Potomac

13. What major body of water linked Virginia and the home of most settlers coming to Virginia? • Pacific Ocean • Atlantic Ocean • Gulf of Mexico • Caribbean Sea

14. What river flows past Richmond and empties into the Chesapeake Bay? • Potomac • Rappahannock • Pamunkey • James

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