Middle Colonies

True or False:

The Quakers believed that people of different beliefs could live together in harmony.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Middle Colonies had a longer growing season than the New England colonies which allowed them to grow

• Cash Crops

• Corn, beans, squash

• Rutabagas

• Asparagus

Because the Middle Colonies produced so much food, they became known as the

• "Breadbasket" colonies

• "High-Yielding" colonies

• "Prolific Pennsylvanians"

• "Fruitful Friends"

Cattle, iron, and grain were produced in which colonial region?

• Backcountry

• New England

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Which religious group known for their tolerance, acceptance, pacifism and oats settled in Pennsylvania?

• Quakers

• Catholics

• Puritans

• Baptists

Which combination of geographic and economic features helped New York and Philadelphia to prosper?

• Harbors/Trade

• Lakes/Tourism

• Warm Breeze/Wind Power

• Mountains/Mining

The best definition for DIVERSITY:

• variety/range of different things

• willingness to tolerate something

• far away from other places

• the study of how people choose to use their resources

The climate in the Middle Colonies was ______.

• Cold
• Windy
• Rainy
• Hot

The geography of the Middle Colonies was made up of _____ and __________.

• deserts and sand
• hills and flat land
• mountains and hills
• water and hills

What was a natural resource of the Middle Colonies?

• good soil
• gold
• copper
• timber