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 20 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, Small family farms on stony fields, Whaling from ports such as Nantucket, Settlers from many countries and many faiths, Rice and indigo grown in South Carolina
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
2.Sort each one: New England or Middle or Southern?
Sort: The busy ports of New York and Philadelphia, Charleston, a port that shipped rice, Philadelphia, the largest colonial city by the 1770s, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire, Building ships from forest timber
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
3.Sort each one: New England or Middle or Southern?
Sort: Town meetings to decide local matters, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, Wheat and other grains, earning the name breadbasket colonies, Large plantations worked by enslaved Africans, Thin, rocky soil and long, cold winters
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
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Answer key — New England, Middle or Southern?
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Iron works in the hills of Pennsylvania — Middle 2. Rice and indigo grown in South Carolina — 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
2.1. Building ships from forest timber — New England 2. Charleston, a port that shipped rice — Southern 3. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire — New England 4. Philadelphia, the largest colonial city by the 1770s — Middle 5. The busy ports of New York and Philadelphia — Middle
3.1. Large plantations worked by enslaved Africans — Southern 2. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware — Middle 3. Thin, rocky soil and long, cold winters — New England 4. Town meetings to decide local matters — 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.