New England, Middle or Southern? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how the three colonial regions specialized and traded, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Eco.4.3-5. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 13 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
New England, Middle or Southern?
D2.Eco.4.3-5
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Sort each one into the colonial region it describes.
1.Sort each one: New England or Middle or Southern?
Sort: Few towns, with plantations spread along rivers, The busy ports of New York and Philadelphia, Settlers from many countries and many faiths, Fishing for cod off a rocky coast, Town meetings to decide local matters
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
2.Sort each one: New England or Middle or Southern?
Sort: Mills grinding grain into flour for export, Building ships from forest timber, A long, warm growing season, Thin, rocky soil and long, cold winters, Philadelphia, the largest colonial city by the 1770s
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
3.Sort each one: New England or Middle or Southern?
Sort: Small family farms on stony fields, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, Wheat and other grains, earning the name breadbasket colonies, Rice and indigo grown in South Carolina
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
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Answer key — New England, Middle or Southern?
Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Few towns, with plantations spread along rivers — Southern 2. Fishing for cod off a rocky coast — New England 3. Settlers from many countries and many faiths — Middle 4. The busy ports of New York and Philadelphia — Middle 5. Town meetings to decide local matters — New England
2.1. A long, warm growing season — Southern 2. Building ships from forest timber — New England 3. Mills grinding grain into flour for export — Middle 4. Philadelphia, the largest colonial city by the 1770s — Middle 5. Thin, rocky soil and long, cold winters — New England
3.1. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire — New England 2. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware — Middle 3. Rice and indigo grown in South Carolina — Southern 4. Small family farms on stony fields — New England 5. Wheat and other grains, earning the name breadbasket colonies — Middle
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.4.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.