Three Colonial Regions

Plentiful forests in both the New England and the Middle colonies provided for jobs in which of the following industries?

• lumbering

• fishing

• whaling

• farming

A nation that owns a colony or colonies is called what?

• Colony

• Country

• Mother Country

• Father Nation

What is the term that means a territory owned by a distant country?

• Colony

• Country

• Mother Country

• Father Country

Which of the colonial regions included Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

Which Christian group helped found Maryland and was allowed to worship freely there?

• Puritans

• Church of England

• Catholics

• Quakers

Which of the colonies was founded as a place where debtors could get a fresh start?

• Georgia

• Virginia

• Pennsylvania

• Maryland

In which colonial region was subsistence farming-- farming where only enough for one's own family is grown-- was most seen due to the geography and climate?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

Which colonial city in Pennsylvania was noted as the place where the Declaration of Independence was written?

• Boston

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

• Philadelphia

In which colonial region were town meetings the best example of local, self-government? At these meetings, colonists would decide how much to pay the school teacher and/or where to build a road.

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

Which colonial region included the colonies New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern