Transcript File chapter 2 review revised

Chapter 2
The Regions of
WV
Review
WV Regions
• Potomac Section
• Allegheny Highlands
• Allegheny Plateau
• Ohio River Valley
Potomac Section
Allegheny Highlands
Allegheny Plateau
Ohio River Valley
area bound by
common
characteristics
region
Characteristics of regions
• Climate
• economic opportunities
• land forms
• recreational opportunities
Slopes upward from
the Valley of Virginia
to the Allegheny
Highlands
Potomac Section.
Potomac Section Agriculture
•Livestock
•peach and apple
orchards
region west of the
Potomac Section
Allegheny
Highlands
one who moves into a new
country to settle there
immigrant
highest point in
the state
Spruce Knob - 4,862
feet above sea level
Where you will find
one-sided spruce
trees.
Dolly Sods
Lowest point in the
state
Harper’s Ferry
State nickname
The Mountain State
Where is the
Forest Festival
held each year?
Elkins
region west of the
Allegheny Highlands
Allegheny Plateau
Allegheny Plateau
an elevated tract of moreor-less level land
plateau
What happened to the
elevated level land?
Eroded into gorges
and canyons
second oldest river
in the world
New
worlds largest single
arch steel span
New River Gorge
Bridge - Fayette County
Where did Mad Ann
Bailey ride her horse
to escape the Indians?
Hawks Nest
White water rivers
• Cheat
• Tygart
• New
• Gauley
Whitewater Rafters
Gauley River
Nicholas County
Plateau Natural Resources
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Limestone
sandstone
shale
coal
oil
natural gas
salt
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Important byproducts of natural
resources• Gasoline
Saccharin
Perfumes
Aspirin
Lysol
Vaseline
Vanillin
Dyes
Tires
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Benzene
Kerosene
Greases
Paraffins
Carbon black
Carbon paper
Inks
Italian City
Clarksburg
Italian
Heritage
Festival
Clarksburg
Harrison
County
Indian meanings of
Kanawha
"place of the
white stone"
"river of evil spirits"
location of the state
Capitol Complex
Charleston
What is the name of the play
about Chief Cornstalk’s
daughter?
The Aracoma Story
At Chief Logan State Park
stretches from the
northern panhandle to
the Big Sandy River
Ohio River Valley
Ohio River Cities
• Wellsburg • Williamstown
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Parkersburg
• Wheeling
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Ravenswood
• Sistersville
• St. Marys
historic island in the
Ohio River near
Parkersburg
Blennerhassett
the crime of trying to overthrow the
government of one’s state or
country
treason
Ohio River Industries
•Steel
•Glass
•Textile
Weirton Steel
Location of Fenton Glass
Williamstown
Ohio River Valley
Festival of Lights
Oglebay
Park Wheeling
Festival of Lights
Oglebay Park
Ohio County
the seat of
government for a
nation or state
capital
First Capitol
Building
U.S. Custom House
in Wheeling
Independence Hall
City like
Urban
Charleston
Charleston
Cattle and Sheep
Livestock
Health resort
Spa
Large city in
Highlands
Beckley
Tamarack
Town developed by
James Rumsey
Berkeley
Springs
Little Switzerland
Helvetia
Moves to a new
country
immigrant
Elevated flat land
Plateau
Rugged Mountainous
Allegheny
Highlands
Gorges and
Canyons
Allegheny
Plateau
Eastern Panhandle
Potomac
Section
Potomac Eagle
Potomac
Section
Bridge Day
Allegheny
Plateau
Hawks Nest
Allegheny
Plateau
Apple Orchards
Potomac
Section
Chemical industry
Allegheny
Plateau
Blennerhassett
Island
Ohio River
Valley
Spruce Knob
Allegheny
Highlands
Harper’s Ferry
Potomac
Section
Festival of Lights
Festival of Lights – Oglebay Park
Ohio County
Ohio River
Valley
Blue Ridge Outlet Mall
Potomac
Section
Berkeley Springs
Potomac
Section
Seneca
Rocks
Allegheny
Highlands
White Water Rafting
Allegheny
Plateau
State
Capitol
Complex
Allegheny
Plateau
Sistersville Ferry
Ohio River
Valley
Steel industry
Ohio River
Valley
Snowshoe Ski Resort
Allegheny
Highlands
The Trough
Potomac
Section
Smoke Hole Caverns
Allegheny
Highlands
New River Gorge
Allegheny
Plateau
First Capital
Ohio River
Valley
Forest Festival
Allegheny
Highlands
Textile industry
Ohio River
Valley
Helvetia
Allegheny
Highlands
Dolly Sods
Allegheny
Highlands
Lost World
Caverns
Allegheny
Highlands
Tourist
Regions
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
someone who travels away from
home to another place and who
does not plan to stay permanently
in the new location.
tourist
where the first European
explorer first entered
West Virginia.
Harpers Ferry
Eastern Panhandle
the oldest town in
West Virginia.
Shepherdstown
West Virginia’s first
permanent settler
Morgan Morgan
Eastern Panhandle
was originally called Bath
Berkeley Springs
Eastern Panhandle
First land battle of the Civil War
Philippi
Mountaineer Country
Home of WVU
Morgantown
Mountaineer Country
the oldest college in
the state.
Bethany College
“gateway to the West”
Wheeling
Northern Panhandle
built by the early
Woodland people
Grave Creek Mound
Northern Panhandle
one of the biggest “oil booms” in
the eastern United States
Tyler County
Northern Panhandle
Oil and Gas Museum
Parkersburg
Mid-Ohio Valley
Visitors can take a ferry to this
famous Island in the Ohio River.
Blennerhassett Island
The largest manufacture of
handmade colored glass in the
U.S.
Fenton Glass
Mid-Ohio Valley
First battle of the American
Revolotion
Battle of Point Pleasant
Mid-Ohio Valley
Developed along the C&O
Railroad line
•Metro Valley
•Huntington
Capitol Complex
Charleston
Metro Valley
Coal was discovered
Peytona, Boone County
Hatfield-McCoy
Mountains
The region takes its name from
the infamous feud
Hatfield and McCoy
In this town, about one
hundred years ago, as many as
fourteen millionaires lived in a
two-block radius.
Bramwell
New River/Greenbrier
Valley
Second oldest river in the world
New
West Virginia’s best known cave
Organ Cave
New River/Greenbrier
Valley
Attracted thirty-three
U.S. Presidents
The Greenbrier Resort
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