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Virginia Standards of Learning for World Geography The focus of this course is the study of the world's people, places, and environments with historical emphasis on Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. The knowledge, skills, and perspectives of the course are centered on the world's population and cultural characteristics, its countries and regions, land forms and climates, natural resources and natural hazards, economic and political systems, and migration and settlement patterns. Spatial concepts of geography will be linked to chronological concepts of history to set a framework for studying human interactions. The course will emphasize how people in various cultures influence and are influenced by their physical and ecological environments. Using texts, maps, globes, graphs, pictures, stories, diagrams, charts, and a variety of geographic, inquiry/research, and technology skills, students consider the relationships between people and places while asking and answering geographic questions. The student will use maps, globes, photographs, and pictures to analyze the physical and human landscapes of the world in order to

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@import url(../styles/base.css); Congressional Districts and Representatives The two Senators serving in the Congress from Virginia represent the entire state. They campaign throughout Virginia every six years for election, and visit nearly all of the state's 95 counties nd many of the cities in the process. All votes in the state count towards the election of a Senator - one vote in Halifax County is as good as one vote in Loudoun County. Candidates spend most of the time campaigning where people are concentrated, but every candidate for Senator will appear in Southwest Virginia occasionally to show their personal interest in the region. However, the 11 members of the House of Representatives represent less than 10% of the state's population. Every two years, they campaign in just their district. You won't see Rep. Bobby Scott campaigning for votes in Charlottesville, or supporters of Rep. Virgil Goode handing out sample ballots at Metro stations in Arlington. Candidates for the House of Representatives may attend fund-raising events across the state (especially in Richmond and Northern Virginia), but the members of the House of Representatives have a narrower focus than members of the Senate. They represent their districts, not the entire state, and it's good politics to focus on issues of concern to their geographical region. Think Rep. Goodlatte cares more about the US Department of Agriculture than Rep. Jim Moran? Think Rep. Boucher cares more about burley tobacco than Rep. Frank Wolf? Who in the state's delegation to the US Congress cares the most about Navy contracts for shipbuilding and repairs? [Answer: two Senators, and the members from the 1st and 2nd Congressional Districts representing Hampton Roads. In addition, Northern Virginia has many residents serving in the military, especially high-ranking officials at the Pentagon, so those representatives will also want to be perceived by their voters as supporters of a strong Navy.]

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Brief Guide to Virginia Geography, Terms, and Legal System (Click here to skip to Terms and Legal System , or Northern Virginia, or click to go back to or Family Law Virginia is one of the Southeastern United States, on the Atlantic coast. Its entire Western border is in the Appalachian mountians, which run from Southwest to Northeast. Approaching from the ocean, one would enter the great port city of Norfolk , first passing its even more populous suburb, Virginia Beach. Neighboring cities include Newport News, Hampton, Portsmouth and Chesapeake . This area is generally called Hampton Roads. It is also known as the Tidewater, together with everything east of Washington and Richmond. (Bear in mind that lawyers in Virginia typically practice in several counties and cities.) Two hours West of Norfolk is Richmond , the capital. Two hours Northwest of Richmond is Charlottesville , just east of the Blue Ridge Mountains . Thomas Jefferson lived near there. Beyond these mountains lies the great Shennandoah Valley , and then the Allegheny mountains and desolateWest Virginia, a completely separate State which is not affiliated in any way with Virginia. Two hours North of Richmond, Washington, D.C., the U.S.'s capital, lies in an independent district between Virginia and Maryland.

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9. AllRefer Encyclopedia - Virginia, State, United States : Geography, United State Related Category US Political geography. Richmond is the capital, and virginia Beach the largest city; other large cities are Norfolk; Newport News http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/V/VirgnSt-geography.html

AllRefer Channels :: Health Yellow Pages Reference Weather SEARCH : in Reference June 12, 2004 You are here : AllRefer.com Reference Encyclopedia U.S. Political Geography ... Virginia, state, United States By Alphabet : Encyclopedia A-Z V Virginia, state, United States, U.S. Political Geography Related Category: U.S. Political Geography The most northerly of the Southern states, Virginia is roughly triangular in shape. The small section of the state that, along with Maryland and Delaware, occupies the Delmarva peninsula between Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean is separated from the main part of Virginia and is called the Eastern Shore. The coastal plain or tidewater region of E Virginia, generally flat and partly swampy, is cut by four great tidal rivers : the Potomac (forming most of the border with Maryland and beyond which also lies Washington, D.C.), the Rappahannock, the York, and the James : all of which empty into Chesapeake Bay. In the tidewater region stretch vast forests of pine and hardwood, highlighted in early spring by flowering redbud and dogwood. In the west the tidewater region rises to c.300 ft. (90 m) at the fall line (passing through Richmond) and gives way to the Piedmont : rolling, generally fertile country that broadens gradually as it extends south to the North Carolina line. Rising abruptly in the western Piedmont is the Blue Ridge range, carpeted with bluegrass and ablaze in spring with rhododendron and mountain laurel; the Blue Ridge rises to the state's highest peak, Mt. Rogers (5,720 ft/1,743 m). Between the Blue Ridge and the Allegheny Plateau, both part of the Appalachian range, lies the valley and ridge province. One of the most prominent of these valleys is the Valley of Virginia; another is the rich and historic Shenandoah Valley.

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Course materials: What is geography? National Geography Standards Online Statistical Atlas of Virginia (1990 census data available in map form) VirginiaPlaces.org Comprehensive and well organized set of links to information of all sorts regarding Virginia. Physiographic Provinces of Virginia Glossary : Physical Geography WebCT " Nine Regions of Virginia " by James Fonseca (WebCT: Find it under "assignments" or "readings" (#16) or calendar. Another version is available at VirginiaPlaces.com Outline map of Virginia PDF-file: requires Adobe Acrobat to read. Set printer to "landscape.") Outline map of eastern US PDF-file: requires Adobe Acrobat to read. NOTE: Adobe Acrobat Reader may be uploaded onto your personal computer. Additional sources of information online: General: A Map Primer Aerial Photos and flyovers: Terrafly a good way to see the landscapes of Virginia, or any place else Maps of Virginia Source of county base maps: Virginia County Interactive Mapper : GEOSTAT, Geospatial and Statistical Data Center, University of Virginia Library: lets you prepare customized maps of any county or independent city. USGS Topographic quadrangles , and USGS 7.5 minute

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13. Virginia, State, United States: Geography Richmond is the capital, and virginia Beach the largest city; other large cities are Norfolk (Economic geography). American geography virginia (The Dictionary http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A0861806.html

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14. Mali: Geography And History From the virginia Museum of Fine Arts Classroom Mali s most important geographic feature is the Niger the Sahara Desert linking West African cities with Europe http://www.vmfa.state.va.us/mali_geo_hist1.html

From the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Classroom Poster The Art of Ancient Mali Geography P resent-day Mali, at nearly twice the size of Texas, is the largest country in West Africa. Mali is bordered by seven other countries: Algeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, and Mauritania. Most of the northern half of Mali falls within the largest desert on the planet, the Sahara. The central section of Mali is made up of semi-arid land that is part of a larger region known as the Sahel. Sahel is an Arabic word meaning, “shore,” although, in this case, it can be thought of as the shore of the desert rather than the ocean. The Sahel is nearly 3,000 miles long and from 200 to 700 miles wide in a span across the continent of Africa. It is an area that is gradually being taken over by the southward creep of the Sahara Desert. In the southwestern region of Mali, rainfall and rivers are more plentiful and the climate is slightly more hospitable. Mali's most important geographic feature is the Niger River. The Niger River stretches over 2,500 miles through four countries: Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria. It arches up alongside the Sahara until it turns south towards the sea. Mali sits at the top of this arc, where the river spreads out and opens into an inland delta. Only about 2 percent of Mali is arable. In this dry climate, it is the Niger River that provides the main source of subsistence, providing fish, drinking water, and water for farming. Growing food in this region depends on the annual flooding of the Niger River, which has traditionally provided fertile plains along its banks.

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16. Geography - Virginia Tech -Joseph Scarpaci examining changes in the urban and political geography of Warsaw, Ho Chi Minh, various Chinese cities, and Havana. Writer and coproducer, virginia Tech. http://www.majbill.vt.edu/geog/people/scarp.htm

Joseph L. Scarpaci, Professor, scarp@vt.edu Office: 131 Major Williams Phone: At Virginia Tech Since: Education: Ph.D., University of Florida, 1985 Research Interests: urban and social geography comparative social policy historic preservation international development Latin America (Cuba, Southern Cone, Colombia) International Outreach: December 2003 Cultural Trip to Cuba Student trip to Cuba, December 27, 2003, to January 7, 2004 Student Trip to Cuba, May 23 - June 7, 2004 Classes Recently Taught: GEOG/UAP 5264: Global Change and Local Processes UAP 5484 Qualitative Research Methods in Planning, Design and Policy UAP 2014 Urbanization and Development UAP 3464 Urban Diversity UAP 4404 Approaches to International Development UAP 984-5984 Urban Design and Planning in Cuba (study-abroad, Summer I) Recent Publications: Books: FORTHCOMING, Scarpaci, J.L. . Tucson: University of Arizona Press. FORTHCOMING, Pittsburgh and The Alleghenies: From Pre-Cambrian to Post-Industrial . Edited by J. Scarpaci and K. Patrick. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. Cuba in Transition . Vol. 13. Washington, D.C.: Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy, 342 pp.

17. Virginia - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia West virginia was part of virginia at the time of the 1 History. 2 Law and Government. 3 geography. 4 Demographics. 5 Important cities and towns. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia

Virginia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Server will be down for maintenance on 2004-06-11 from about 18:00 to 18:30 UTC. Commonwealth of Virginia In Detail (Full size) State nickname : Old Dominion Other U.S. States Capital Richmond Largest City Virginia Beach Governor Mark R. Warner Area Ranked 35 th ... th 64/km² Admittance into Union th June 25 Time zone Eastern: UTC Latitude Longitude 36°31'N to 39°37'N 75°13'W to 83°37'W Width Length Elevation 320 km 690 km 1,746 meters 290 meters meters ISO 3166-2 US-VA Virginia is one of the original 13 states of the United States that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution and is generally classified as part of the South . Its official name is the Commonwealth of Virginia ; it is one of four Commonwealths out of the fifty United States. West Virginia was part of Virginia at the time of the founding of the United States, but formed a separate state at the time of the American Civil War Table of contents 1 History 2 Law and Government 3 Geography 4 Demographics ... edit History Among Native American people living in what now is Virginia were the Powhatan Nottaway Meherrin Monacan ... Saponi , and Cherokee At the end of the 16th century when England began to colonize North America, "Virginia" was the name Queen

18. Virginia State Geography virginia State geography. Here are some highlights! Also check out the links to other sites about virginia. Major cities Hampton Roads, Richmond and Roanoke. http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaGeography/Facts/Virginia.htm

Virginia State Geography So you want to know about Virginia? Here are some highlights! Also check out the links to other sites about Virginia. On this Page: Key Facts Geographic Landmarks Points of Interest Major Industries ... Links to other sites about Virginia Other related pages: Virginia State Quiz Key Facts Top of Page Population (1994): 6,552,000 (12th in size) State size: 40,767 square miles (36th in size) State Capital: Richmond (named after the city of Richmond in England) Major cities: Hampton Roads, Richmond and Roanoke Admission to union: The 10th State Date entered the union: June 25, 1788 Origin of state name: Named after Queen Elizabeth I of England, who was known as the "Virgin Queen" because she was never married. Nicknames: The Old Dominion Bordering states: Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina and Tennessee State bird: Cardinal State flower: Flowering Dogwood State tree: Dogwood Motto: Thus Ever to Tyrants Geographic Landmarks Top of Page The Blue Ridge Mountains.

19. West Virginia State Geography West virginia State geography. Also check out the links to other sites about West virginia. Major cities Charleston, Huntington, Morgantown and Wheeling. http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaGeography/Facts/WestVirginia.htm

West Virginia State Geography So you want to know about West Virginia? Here are some highlights! Also check out the links to other sites about West Virginia. On this Page: Key Facts Geographic Landmarks Points of Interest Major Industries ... Links to other sites about West Virginia Other related pages: West Virginia State Quiz Key Facts Top of Page Population (1994): 1,822,000 (35th in size) State size: 24,231 square miles (41st in size) State Capital: Charleston (named after Charles Clendenin, a Revolutionary War soldier and owner of the land on which the settlement was built) Major cities: Charleston, Huntington, Morgantown and Wheeling Admission to union: The 35th State Date entered the union: June 20, 1863 Origin of state name: So named because it was originally part of Virginia. Nicknames: The Mountain State Bordering states: Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia State bird: Cardinal State flower: Great Rhododendron State tree: Sugar Maple Motto: Mountain People, Always Free

20. About The USA - Travel & Geography > Virginia (102,558 sq km); National Rank 35 10 largest cities (2000) virginia Beach, 425,257; Norfolk, 234,403; Chesapeake, 199,184; Richmond, 197,790; Newport News http://www.usembassy.de/usa/virginia.htm

Travel to the United States The Regions of the United States The States, Districts and Territories of the United States State Flag State Seal Virginia. American FactFinder (U.S. Census) Virginia, the "Old Dominion" Abbreviation: VA Virginia was named for Elizabeth I, the Queen of England. Virginia is the tenth one of the original 13 states to join the Union (1788). Virginia holds an important place in American history, as it was home to many of the founding fathers, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Mason, and Patrick Henry. Four of America's first five presidents were Virginians. During the Civil War, Richmond, Virginia's capital, was the capital of the Confederacy. Virginia was the site of some of the most important events in American history. The first permanent English settlement was established by the Virginia Company at Jamestown in 1607. Famous homes include George Washington's Mount Vernon and Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. The Atlantic Ocean, Chesapeake Bay, and tidal rivers offer beach sports, sailing and fishing. GOVERNMENT Capital: Richmond Governor: Mark R. Warner

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