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, Thin, rocky soil and long, cold winters, Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas and Georgia, Fishing for cod off a rocky coast, The busy ports of New York and Philadelphia
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
2.Sort each one: New England or Middle or Southern?
Sort: Settlers from many countries and many faiths, Few towns, with plantations spread along rivers, Building ships from forest timber, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire, Philadelphia, the largest colonial city by the 1770s
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
3.Sort each one: New England or Middle or Southern?
Sort: Whaling from ports such as Nantucket, Town meetings to decide local matters, Mills grinding grain into flour for export, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, Rice and indigo grown in South Carolina
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
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Answer key — New England, Middle or Southern?
Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Fishing for cod off a rocky coast — New England 2. The busy ports of New York and Philadelphia — Middle 3. Thin, rocky soil and long, cold winters — New England 4. Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas and Georgia — Southern 5. Wheat and other grains, earning the name breadbasket colonies — Middle
2.1. 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. Philadelphia, the largest colonial city by the 1770s — Middle 5. Settlers from many countries and many faiths — Middle
3.1. Mills grinding grain into flour for export — Middle 2. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware — Middle 3. Rice and indigo grown in South Carolina — Southern 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.