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