1. First Semester Final Review

2. What term describes where a place is as compared to other places? Relative location

3. What is a long narrow strip of a larger territory? Panhandle

4. West Virginia boundary rivers Ohio Big Sandy Tug Fork North Branch Potomac

5. What county in West Virginia has the most precipitation? Randolph

6. What rock formation in Pendleton County rises 1000 feet above sea level? Seneca Rocks

7. Four Regions of West Virginia  Ohio River Valley  Allegheny Plateau  Allegheny Highlands  Potomac Section

8. WV Climate humid continental

9. County with most precipitation Randolph

10. WV's best-known waterfall Blackwater Falls

11. WV state fish Brook Trout

12. WV’s only natural lake Trout Pond, in Hardy County

13. WV rivers that flow west carry water to Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico

14. Where the Little Kanawha meet the Ohio Parkersburg

15. An area that is bound by common characteristics is what theme of geography? Region

16. WV Geographic Regions Potomac Section Allegheny Highlands Allegheny Plateau Ohio River Valley

17. Where is the highest point in the state? Spruce Knob

18. Where is the lowest point in the state? Harper’s Ferry

19. What city in the Allegheny Plateau is one-quarter Italian? Clarksburg

20. What large city is in the Allegheny Highlands? Beckley

21. Which region has apple orchards as a major industry? Potomac Section

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

23. Who were the earliest primitive hunters of the prehistoric period? Paleo

24. studies the origin, development, customs, and beliefs of humans anthropologist

25. Culture that followed the Paleo Indians, gatherers, not only hunters Archaic

26. Place of white stone or the River of Evil Spirits Kanawha

27. What was the powerful union of Indian tribes? Iroquois

28. What is the largest earthen mound east of the Mississippi River? Grave Creek

29. What is the location of the second largest mound? South Charleston

30. What county in West Virginia is named for an Indian Chief? Logan

31. What county in West Virginia is named for an Indian tribe? Mingo

32. What is a scientist who studies what is left behind by ancient peoples? Archaeologist

33. Who was the French explorer that reportedly crossed from the Great Lakes to the Ohio River. LaSalle

34. Who was the Governor of Virginia that outfitted a number of expeditions to expand the area claimed by Virginia for the English crown. Berkeley

35. What happened to James Needham? Killed by Indian John

36. What distinction does Gabriel Arthur have? First to see the Kanawha River

37. Who awarded a gift to each gentleman who accompanied him across the mountains. The governor presented each of his companions with a golden horseshoe, Spotswood

38. What did Thomas Walker name? Cumberland Gap

39. The trail that Christopher Gist followed later became known as what? National Road

40. Who was the German physician who between 1669 and 1671 was the first recorded European to reach the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains and enter what is now West Virginia in the area near Harpers Ferry. Lederer

41. What two English explorers found the M.A.N.I. tree? Batts and Fallam

42. How could money be made in Virginia? Furs and land

43. What is the county seat of Calhoun County? Grantsville

44. area just beyond the settled land frontier

45. What is the county seat of Hardy County? Moorefield

46. What is the county seat of Monroe County? Union

47. Why was it so important for common people from Europe to own land in America? They were not allowed to own land in Europe

48. One who buys something, such as land, hoping that it will increase in value and provide a profit when sold. speculator

49. Preachers that established regular routes to visit isolated areas on the frontier were known as what? Circuit riders

50. Who was the first permanent European settler in West Virginia? Morgan

51. Scots who had been forced to settled in Ireland by King James I were known as what? Scots-Irish

52. Where did the Pennsylvania Dutch come from? Germany

53. What was the first settlement west of the Allegheny Divide? Draper’s Meadow

54. These settlers agreed to work for a period of 7 years for passage to the New World. Indentured Servants

55. What was the most common pioneer fabric? Linsey-Woolsey

56. Where was the Ebenezer Zane settlement? Wheeling

57. Where was the Lewis Tacket settlement? St. Albans

58. The language spoken in the mountains is commonly referred to as what? Southern Mountain Dialect

59. In mountain language the word "poke" means what? A bag

60. The overall war, mostly which took place in Europe, was known as what war? Seven Years War

61. The fighting that took place in North America was known as what war? French and Indian War

62. Who was sent on a diplomatic mission to Fort LeBoeuf to ask the French to leave? George Washington

63. What was the French Fort at the Forks of the Ohio? Fort Duquesne

64. The Forks of the Ohio is the site of what present day city? Pittsburgh

65. What was the quickly constructed fort ordered to be built by George Washington? Fort Necessity

66. Who was the Delaware Indian that helped cut the path to the Forks of the Ohio? Nemacolin

67. Mary Draper Ingles was taken hostage by what Indian tribe? Shawnee

68. Said that settlers in the colonies could not move west of the Allegheny Front Proclamation of 1763

69. took up residence in a hollow tree at Buckhannon John and Samuel Pringle

70. What was the 14th Colony to be named? Vandalia

71. Who killed Chief Logan’s family? Daniel Greathouse

72. Largest Indian battle in North America Battle of Point Pleasant

73. led the southern troops Andrew Lewis

74. led the northern troops Lord Dunmore

75. Indian leader at the Battle of Point Pleasant Chief Cornstalk

76. They wore buckskin cloths, coonskin hats, rifles, tomahawks, knives, made good soldiers “Men from Augusta”

77. did not want to separate from Great Britain Tories or Loyalist

78. He surprised the Indians by guiding his horse to the cliff and forcing it to jump Samuel McColloch “McCulloch’s Leap”

79. Killed along with Red Hawk and his son Elinipsico at Fort Randolph Cornstalk

80. Saved Fort Donnally Dick Pointer

81. Saved Fort Henry Betty Zane

82. Review all Rivers and River Cities

83. Review All Counties

84. Review All County Seats