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WorksheetsRegions of the Thirteen Colonies
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of these people would most likely refer to the three regions of American colonies?
Fifteenth century Native American
Seventeenth century English king
Eighteenth century American colonist
Twentieth century historian
The economy of each region was shaped by all of the following factors, except:
Geography
Climate
Language
Population
Diseases from Europe had a devastating effect on _____.
Northern farmers
Native Americans
Dutch traders
The Quakers
A colony with a warm climate and fertile soil likely had an economy based on:
Trade
Fishing
Agriculture
Industry
Which colony relied most on plantations to fuel its economy?
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Deleware
Rhode Island
Compared to the South, farms in the North:
Had richer soil
Produced more cash crops
Relied more on slave labor
Were much smaller
Which image best represents the economy of the New England colonies?
New York and Philadelphia both:
Had been called New Amsterdam
Were founded by Quakers
Had diverse populations
Were mostly rural farmland
Why were the Middle Colonies nicknamed "the breadbasket?"
They milled a lot of grain
They had the best bakeries
They had expert basket-weavers
They consumed the least bread
A colonist from Rhode Island most likely identified as a(n):
New Englander
Rhode Islander
American citizen
Dutch subject
