Vocabulary Regions

transportation Ways of moving people and goods

Population density The number of people who live in a unit of area

plateau A large, high level area of land

textile Cloth or fabric made by weaving or knitting

ridge A line of hills or mountains

barter To trade goods or services for other goods and services

Coastal plain A low lying coastal plain that makes up the eastern most part of Virginia

Fall line The area where rivers form waterfalls or rapids because of a general drop in land’s elevation

Tidewater Region A flat stretch of land bordering the Atlantic Ocean

Hampton Roads Wide harbor at the mouth of the James River on the Chesapeake Bay

Piedmont Region Long sloping plateau that stretches from the fall line to the Blue Ridge Mountains

Richmond Independent city and Virginia's capital

Blue Ridge Region Old rounded mountains and source of many rivers.

Allegheny Mountains Part of the Appalachians that runs from Pennsylvania to Virginia and West Virginia.

Valley and Ridge Region An area of western Virginia that includes the Alleghany Mountains and Great Valley

Cumberland Gap A pass though the Appalachian Mountains where Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee meet.

Daniel Boone Frontier explorer and hunter who helped blaze a trail across the Appalachians through the Cumberland Gap.

Appalachian Plateau An elevated woodlands, hollows and gorges in the far southwestern part of Virginia.