West Virginia Geography

Choose an answer from the three choices offered after each question and then "West Virginia Geography Answers" at the end of the quiz.

1. What river does NOT form parts of West Virginia’s boundaries?

• Ohio River
• Potomac River
• Allegheny River

2. West Virginia is the only state in the nation located entirely within the Appalachian Mountain range, and in which all areas are mountainous; for this reason it is nicknamed The Mountain State.

• True or False?

3. What is West Virginia's highest points?

• Lowndes Hill
• Spruce Knob
• Bald Knob

4. The upper few hundred feet of the mountain are covered in a dense spruce forest, a relict boreal forest environment similar to forests found in northern New England and Canada. What type of trees make up this forest?

• Spruce
• Oak
• Ash

5. The native vegetation for most of the West Virginia was originally mixed hardwood forest. What type of hardwood tree was NOT found in West Virginia?

• Oak
• Chestnut
• Balsa

6. West Virginia’s underlying rock strata are sandstone, shale, bituminous coal beds, and limestone laid down in a near shore environment from sediments derived from mountains to the east, in a shallow inland sea on the west. The landscape of West Virginia was formed how many years ago?

• 3,000 years ago
• 30,000 years ago
• 300 million years ago

7. Most of the state’s non-mountainous plateau region is part of what plateau?

• Spencer Plateau
• Boone Plateau
• Allegheny Plateau

8. What national forest, in West Virginia, was established by the U.S. Congress in 1915. It became a U.S. National Forest on April 28, 1920 and now encompasses 910,155 acres.

• Harrison National Forest
• Wood National Forest
• Monogahela National Forest

9. What is West Virginia’s Lowest Point?

• Potomac River at Harpers Ferry
• West Fork River at Clarksburg
• Ohio River at Vienna

10. What is West Virginia’ state flower?

• Rhododendron
• Pawpaw
• Mountain Laurel

West Virginia Geography Answers

• 1) Allegheny River
• 2) True
• 3) Spruce Knob (4,863 feet)
• 4) Spruce
• 5) Balsa
• 6) 300 million years ago
• 7) Allegheny Plateau
• 8) Monogahela National Forest
• 9) Potomac River at Harpers Ferry (240 feet).
• 10) Rhododendron

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