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 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Sort each one into the colonial region it describes.
1.Sort each one: New England or Middle or Southern?
Sort: Building ships from forest timber, Mills grinding grain into flour for export, Iron works in the hills of Pennsylvania, Few towns, with plantations spread along rivers, Whaling from ports such as Nantucket
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
2.Sort each one: New England or Middle or Southern?
Sort: Rice and indigo grown in South Carolina, Settlers from many countries and many faiths, Town meetings to decide local matters, Fishing for cod off a rocky coast, Wheat and other grains, earning the name breadbasket colonies
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
3.Sort each one: New England or Middle or Southern?
Sort: Small family farms on stony fields, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, A long, warm growing season, Philadelphia, the largest colonial city by the 1770s, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire
New EnglandMiddleSouthern
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Answer key — New England, Middle or Southern?
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Building ships from forest timber — New England 2. Few towns, with plantations spread along rivers — Southern 3. Iron works in the hills of Pennsylvania — Middle 4. Mills grinding grain into flour for export — Middle 5. Whaling from ports such as Nantucket — New England
2.1. Fishing for cod off a rocky coast — New England 2. Rice and indigo grown in South Carolina — Southern 3. Settlers from many countries and many faiths — Middle 4. Town meetings to decide local matters — New England 5. Wheat and other grains, earning the name breadbasket colonies — Middle
3.1. A long, warm growing season — Southern 2. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire — New England 3. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware — Middle 4. Philadelphia, the largest colonial city by the 1770s — Middle 5. Small family farms on stony fields — New England
Questions about New England, Middle or Southern?
What does the New England, Middle or Southern? worksheet cover?
It practices how the three colonial regions specialized and traded — 3 questions for Grade 3 to Grade 5, all on C3 Framework D2.Eco.4.3-5: Explain why people and businesses each do one thing and then trade. The instruction to students is “Sort each one into the colonial region it describes”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which C3 Framework indicator does New England, Middle or Southern? practice?
D2.Eco.4.3-5, under Economics for Grade 3 to Grade 5. The published indicator reads: “Explain why individuals and businesses specialize and trade.” The worksheet assesses that indicator rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
New England, Middle or Southern? is written for Grade 3 to Grade 5, typically ages 40-41. It is one of the sheets on D2.Eco.4.3-5, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does New England, Middle or Southern? come with an answer key?
Yes. All 3 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of New England, Middle or Southern? can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is New England, Middle or Southern? free to print and photocopy?
Yes. New England, Middle or Southern?, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for D2.Eco.4.3-5
Explain why people and businesses each do one thing and then trade.