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 16 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: Iron works in the hills of Pennsylvania, Thin, rocky soil and long, cold winters, Wheat and other grains, earning the name breadbasket colonies, Small family farms on stony fields, Few towns, with plantations spread along rivers
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
2.Sort each one: New England or Middle or Southern?
Sort: Settlers from many countries and many faiths, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire, A long, warm growing season, Fishing for cod off a rocky coast
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
3.Sort each one: New England or Middle or Southern?
Sort: Building ships from forest timber, Mills grinding grain into flour for export, Town meetings to decide local matters, Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas and Georgia, The busy ports of New York and Philadelphia
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
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Answer key — New England, Middle or Southern?
Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Few towns, with plantations spread along rivers — Southern 2. Iron works in the hills of Pennsylvania — Middle 3. Small family farms on stony fields — New England 4. Thin, rocky soil and long, cold winters — New England 5. Wheat and other grains, earning the name breadbasket colonies — Middle
2.1. A long, warm growing season — Southern 2. Fishing for cod off a rocky coast — New England 3. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire — New England 4. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware — Middle 5. Settlers from many countries and many faiths — Middle
3.1. Building ships from forest timber — New England 2. Mills grinding grain into flour for export — Middle 3. The busy ports of New York and Philadelphia — Middle 4. Town meetings to decide local matters — New England 5. Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas and Georgia — Southern
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.4.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.