Chapter 2 Vocabulary
Ways of moving people and goods
transportation
The number of people who live in a
unit of area
Population density
A large, high-level area of land
plateau
textiles
A line of hills or mountains
Ridge
To trade goods or services for other goods or services
barter
A flat stretch of land bordering the Atlantic
Ocean. It covers most of the East Coast of the
United States, including Virginia’s Tidewater.
Coastal plain
The area where rivers form
waterfalls or rapids because of a
general drop in the land’s elevation
Fall line
IMPORTANT PEOPLE AND
PLACES
The low-lying coastal plain that makes up
the easternmost part of Virginia
Tidewater Region
Wide harbor at the mouth of the James
River on the Chesapeake Bay
Hampton Roads
Long sloping plateau that
stretches from the fall line to the Blue Ridge Mountains
Piedmont Region
Independent city and Virginia’s
capital. Located on the James River at
the Fall Line.
Richmond
A mountain range in the eastern part of the Appalachians
that stretches from Pennsylvania to
Georgia
Blue Ridge Mountains
An area of western Virginia that
includes the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains and the
Great Valley
Valley and Ridge Region
Part of the Appalachians that
runs from Pennsylvania to
Virginia and West Virginia
Allegheny Mountains
A pass through the Appalachian
Mountains where Virginia, Kentucky,
and Tennessee meet
Cumberland Gap
Frontier explorer and hunter who helped
find a trail across the Appalachians through the Cumberland Gap
Daniel Boone
An elevated area of woodlands, hollows and
gorges in the far southwestern part of
Virginia
Appalachian Plateau
