Middle Colonies: Quizizz Lesson 2

Middle Colonies Lesson 2

Multiple Choice

The Middle Colonies included

• New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware

• France, Spain, and Germany

• California, Washington, and Arizona

The Soil Was Good for Growing Crops. Crops are plants.

The Main Crops in the Middle Colonies were corn, wheat, and rye. They could be ground into flour.

Multiple Choice

The corn, wheat, and rye could be ground up at the mill to make

• flour

• cat food

• sand

Multiple Choice

Why was the name "breadbasket" used for the Middle Colonies?

• The Middle Colonies grew crops that could be ground up into flour and used in bread.

• The Middle Colonies passed around baskets to collect money from the Native Americans

Multiple Choice

What was a major crop in the Middle Colonies?

• avocados

• oranges

• corn

There were lots of forests in the Middle Colonies. The trees were made into lumber to build houses and ships.

Rivers were used to bring exports to the harbor and then across the Atlantic Ocean to England.

Multiple Choice

What is an export?

• A product that is only used by shipbuilders.

• A product sent to another country to be sold there. An example is the Middle Colonies sending wheat to England.