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