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 7 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: Wheat and other grains, earning the name breadbasket colonies, Fishing for cod off a rocky coast, Building ships from forest timber, Large plantations worked by enslaved Africans, The busy ports of New York and Philadelphia
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
2.Sort each one: New England or Middle or Southern?
Sort: Small family farms on stony fields, Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas and Georgia, Philadelphia, the largest colonial city by the 1770s, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire, Mills grinding grain into flour for export
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
3.Sort each one: New England or Middle or Southern?
Sort: Thin, rocky soil and long, cold winters, Town meetings to decide local matters, Iron works in the hills of Pennsylvania, Few towns, with plantations spread along rivers, Settlers from many countries and many faiths
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
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Answer key — New England, Middle or Southern?
Set 7. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Building ships from forest timber — New England 2. Fishing for cod off a rocky coast — New England 3. Large plantations worked by enslaved Africans — Southern 4. The busy ports of New York and Philadelphia — Middle 5. Wheat and other grains, earning the name breadbasket colonies — Middle
2.1. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire — New England 2. Mills grinding grain into flour for export — Middle 3. Philadelphia, the largest colonial city by the 1770s — Middle 4. Small family farms on stony fields — New England 5. Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas and Georgia — Southern
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. Thin, rocky soil and long, cold winters — New England 5. Town meetings to decide local matters — New England
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Eco.4.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.