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 19 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
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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: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire, Philadelphia, the largest colonial city by the 1770s, Thin, rocky soil and long, cold winters, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, A long, warm growing season
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
2.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, Small family farms on stony fields, Town meetings to decide local matters, Mills grinding grain into flour for export
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
3.Sort each one: New England or Middle or Southern?
Sort: Iron works in the hills of Pennsylvania, Rice and indigo grown in South Carolina, Whaling from ports such as Nantucket, Settlers from many countries and many faiths, Fishing for cod off a rocky coast
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
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Answer key — New England, Middle or Southern?
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A long, warm growing season — Southern 2. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire — New England 3. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware — Middle 4. Philadelphia, the largest colonial city by the 1770s — Middle 5. Thin, rocky soil and long, cold winters — New England
2.1. Few towns, with plantations spread along rivers — Southern 2. Mills grinding grain into flour for export — Middle 3. Small family farms on stony fields — New England 4. The busy ports of New York and Philadelphia — Middle 5. Town meetings to decide local matters — New England
3.1. Fishing for cod off a rocky coast — New England 2. Iron works in the hills of Pennsylvania — Middle 3. Rice and indigo grown in South Carolina — Southern 4. Settlers from many countries and many faiths — Middle 5. Whaling from ports such as Nantucket — New England
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.4.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.