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.
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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: Wheat and other grains, earning the name breadbasket colonies, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire, Rice and indigo grown in South Carolina, Building ships from forest timber, Mills grinding grain into flour for export
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
2.Sort each one: New England or Middle or Southern?
Sort: Iron works in the hills of Pennsylvania, Small family farms on stony fields, Settlers from many countries and many faiths, Large plantations worked by enslaved Africans, Whaling from ports such as Nantucket
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
3.Sort each one: New England or Middle or Southern?
Sort: The busy ports of New York and Philadelphia, Fishing for cod off a rocky coast, Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas and Georgia, Philadelphia, the largest colonial city by the 1770s, Thin, rocky soil and long, cold winters
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
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Answer key — New England, Middle or Southern?
Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Building ships from forest timber — New England 2. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire — New England 3. Mills grinding grain into flour for export — Middle 4. Rice and indigo grown in South Carolina — Southern 5. Wheat and other grains, earning the name breadbasket colonies — Middle
2.1. Iron works in the hills of Pennsylvania — Middle 2. Large plantations worked by enslaved Africans — Southern 3. Settlers from many countries and many faiths — Middle 4. Small family farms on stony fields — New England 5. Whaling from ports such as Nantucket — New England
3.1. Fishing for cod off a rocky coast — New England 2. Philadelphia, the largest colonial city by the 1770s — Middle 3. The busy ports of New York and Philadelphia — Middle 4. Thin, rocky soil and long, cold winters — 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.