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8.08 Colonial Regions

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Colonial region that focused on shipping and manufacturing
a)
New England Colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)
b)
Middle Colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland)
c)
Southern Colonies (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)
2.
Colonial region focused on food crops such as wheat
a)
New England Colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)
b)
Middle Colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland)
c)
Southern Colonies (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)
3.
Which of these best describes the environment of the New England colonies?
a)
Long, hot summers and mild winters
b)
Harsh winters and rocky, hilly land
c)
Broad coastal plains and fertile soil
d)
Broad rivers, swamps and wet lands
4.
The Northern Region's economy included shipbuilding because of the availability of what major resource?
a)
Rivers
b)
Iron Ore
c)
Lumber
d)
Tar
5.

Rainy winters, hot summers, perfect for cash crops

a)

New England

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Mars

6.

Cold winters, rocky and sandy soil, bad for growing crops

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Kenya

7.

This region was nicknamed the Breadbasket colony

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

8.

What do you call crops grown for trade?

a)

Subsistence Farming

b)

Cash Crops

c)

Staple Crops

d)

Second Harvest

9.

What geographic feature stopped the colonists from moving further west?

a)

The Mississippi River

b)

The Appalachian Mountians

c)

The Missouri River

d)

The Rocky Mountains

10.

Massachusetts is parts of which region?

a)

New England

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Western Colonies

11.

Virginia is part of which region?

a)

New England

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Western Colonies

12.

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island

a)

Middle Colonies

b)

Southern Colonies

c)

New England Colonies

13.

New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

14.
a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

15.
a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

16.
a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

17.

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

18.

moderate climate

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

19.

short summers; long, cold winter; short growing season

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

20.

fertile soil, coastal plain to rolling hills and mountains in the west

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

21.

fishing, whaling, cottage industries, overseas trade, subsistence farming

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

22.

exported cash crops such as tobacco and rice, some cottage industries, subsistence farming

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

23.

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

24.
What region is New Hampshire in?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
25.
What region is Rhode Island in?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
26.
What region is Delaware in?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
27.
What region is Connecticut in?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
28.
What region is New Jersey in?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
29.
What region is Georgia in?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
30.
What region is North Carolina in?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
31.
What region is Pennsylvania in?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
32.
Who had geography that ranged from rich soil coastal plains to wooded mountains to the northwest?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
33.
Who had wide rivers, wetlands, and coastal plains alond with some�inland mountains?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
34.
Which region's economy focused on wheat, corn, lumbering, shipbuilding and iron working?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
35.
Which region's economy focused on fishing, whaling lumbering, trading, some farming, and ship building?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern

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