Name: ________________________________________ Date: _____________________ Period: ______
Colonial Regions
New England:
1.
Name the colonies in this region: _________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
2.
Describe the climate and geography: ______________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
3.
4.
List 3 types of businesses that thrived in New England:
1.
__________________________________________________
2.
__________________________________________________
3.
__________________________________________________
Describe the religious practices of New England: ______________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Middle Colonies:
5.
List the individual Middle Colonies: ________________________________
_______________________________________________________
6.
Describe the economy of the Middle Colonies: _________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
7.
How did the Middle Colonies have a “diverse” population? ________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
Middle Colonies Continued:
7.
What two cities were located in the Middle Colonies? _______________
___________________________________________________
8.
What industries thrived in these cities? ________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
9.
Why were the Middle Colonies called the “Breadbasket” of Colonial
America? ____________________________________________
___________________________________________________
Southern Colonies:
10. Name the Southern Colonies: _______________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
11. What type of climate did the Southern Colonies have? ______________
__________________________________________________
12. What type of economy did the Southern Colonies have? _____________
___________________________________________________
13. Why did southern colonists live more “isolated” lives? ______________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
14. What cash crops were big in the Southern Colonies? _______________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
15. What terrible institution developed in the south to supply labor?
___________________________________________________
Answer Key:
1. Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire
2. Cold winters, rocky soil
3. Trade, fishing, whaling, lumber, ship building, shipping, furs
4. Strict religious practices, Puritanism
5. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
6. A mix of agriculture, manufacturing, shipping, craftsman, and
trading
7. Variety of ethnicities and religious practices
8. New York, and Philadelphia
9. Shipping, trading, manufacturing, craftsmen,
10. They produced a lot of the grains for the “country”
11. Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
12. Warm
13. Agricultural
14. They were spread out on large farms and plantations
15. Tobacco, cotton, rice, and indigo
16. Slavery
Credits:
Paul Revere and William Penn clipart:
Graphics by: TeachesThirdinGeorgia
http://teachesthirdingeorgia.blogspot.com/