Colonies

The New England colonies had _____ and rocky soil, making them a difficult place to farm.

• thick

• thin

• lumpy

• oily

As colonists built their own ships, they could fish in the rich waters off the New England coast, and fishing and _____ quickly became important, and wealthy, industries.

• hunting

• canoeing

• whaling

• diving

Families who lived in town even owned small plots of land, where they could grow ____ and raise animals.

• crops

• corn

• beans

• wheat

The Middle Colonies were better suited for farming than the New England Colonies, because of the warmer weather and ____ soil.

• thicker

• healthier

• lumpier

• richer

Because farmers in the Middle colonies grew so much wheat, the region was called “the ______ of the colonies.”

• wheatbasket

• breadbasket

• greatest

• wheat farm

The economy of the Middle Colonies was based on farm products and valuable minerals such as ____.

• magnesium

• calcium

• salt

• iron

The town’s general store might also have imported goods, such as tea and ____.

• flour

• sugar

• wheat

• coffee

Farmers in the Southern Colonies enjoyed the ______ climate and the longest growing season.

• warmest

• coldest

• wettest

• driest

Farms ranged in size from small family farms to large ______ powered by the work of slaves.

• villiages

• colonies

• plantations

• houses

____ crops included tobacco, rice, and indigo, a plant used to make a blue dye.

• farm

• plant

• slave

• cash