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| a place that is next to, near, or bordering another |
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| VA's bordering bodies of water |
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- Atlantic Ocean
- Chesapeake Bay
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(Mary Needs to Keep Working) |
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(Anne Vacations Beside Purple Cats/Tigers) |
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(Principals Race Yellow Jaquars) |
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| natural border between the Coastal Plain/Tidewater and Piedmont where waterfalls prevent further travel |
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| low, flat land; east of the Fall Line |
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| "land at the foot of the mountains"; rolling hills; west of the Fall Line |
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| old, rounded mountains; part of the Appalachian Mountains; source of many rivers |
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| includes the Great Valley of VA and other valleys separated by ridges; part of the Appalachian Mountains |
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| an area of high, flat land |
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| a piece of land bordered by water on three sides |
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peninsula in the Coastal Plain bordered by the Chesapeake Bay to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east |
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| provided transportation links between Virginia and far away places |
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| safe harbor and a source of food and transportation; all of the rivers flow into it |
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| city along the James River |
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| city along the Rappahannock River |
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| Fredericksburg (Fred likes to Rap) |
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| city along the York River |
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| city along the Potomac River |
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| Alexandria (Alex cooks in a Pot) |
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| key features of VA's major rivers |
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- Source of food
- Provided a pathway for exploration and settlement
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| located in the Coastal Plain/Tidewater; supports a variety of plants and wildlife; George Washington was one of the first white settlers to explore the swamp; at the center, is Lake Drummond, a shallow freshwater lake |
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| called the people he found in the lands he explored "Indians" because he thought he was in the Indies |
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| any object, such as arrowheads, pottery, and other tools, made by people in the past that help to tell about how these people lived |
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| major Indian language groups of VA |
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(A Powhatan Saw Me In Court) |
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| relatively mild with four distinct seasons |
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| the term used to describe the Indians who lived in VA because most of the land was covered in trees |
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| they hunted birds and other animals and lived on stored food from the previous fall |
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| they hunted, fished, and picked berries |
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| they grew corn, beans, and squash |
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| they harvested crops and hunted for foods to preserve an keep for the winter |
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| used raw material found around them |
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| scientists who study the culture of people who lived long ago by way of artifacts |
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| an Indian town used by Indian leaders for several hundred years before the English came; in 1607, it was the headquarters of the Powhatan leader |
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| English settlement built in 1607 along the James River; became the first permanent English settlement in North America |
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| Indians have lived in VA for thousands of years |
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| current state-recognized tribes |
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Coastal Plain Piedmont
- Chickahominy 1. Monacan
- Eastern Chickahominy
- Mattaponi
- Nansemond
- Pamunkey
- Rappahanock
- Upper Mattaponi
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