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: Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas and Georgia, Wheat and other grains, earning the name breadbasket colonies, Fishing for cod off a rocky coast, The busy ports of New York and Philadelphia, Small family farms on stony fields
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
2.Sort each one: New England or Middle or Southern?
Sort: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire, A long, warm growing season, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, Philadelphia, the largest colonial city by the 1770s, Building ships from forest timber
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
3.Sort each one: New England or Middle or Southern?
Sort: Few towns, with plantations spread along rivers, Iron works in the hills of Pennsylvania, Town meetings to decide local matters, Whaling from ports such as Nantucket, Settlers from many countries and many faiths
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
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Answer key — New England, Middle or Southern?
Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Fishing for cod off a rocky coast — New England 2. Small family farms on stony fields — New England 3. The busy ports of New York and Philadelphia — Middle 4. Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas and Georgia — Southern 5. Wheat and other grains, earning the name breadbasket colonies — Middle
2.1. A long, warm growing season — Southern 2. Building ships from forest timber — New England 3. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire — New England 4. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware — Middle 5. Philadelphia, the largest colonial city by the 1770s — Middle
3.1. Few towns, with plantations spread along rivers — Southern 2. Iron works in the hills of Pennsylvania — Middle 3. Settlers from many countries and many faiths — Middle 4. Town meetings to decide local matters — New England 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.