Colonial Regions
Geography and Climate
Economy and Jobs
Name That Colony
Government and Beliefs
100

This colonial region had rocky soil and long winters.

What is New England?

100

This natural resource helped New England colonists make money through fishing and shipbuilding.

What is the ocean?

100

Many colonists earned money by growing crops or making goods to sell. This is called this type of work.

What is farming or working a trade?

100

This colony was founded by William Penn.

What is Pennsylvania?

100

This document listed rules for colonists living in a colony.

What is a charter?

200

The Middle Colonies were known as the “breadbasket” because they grew a lot of this.

What is grain (wheat)?

200

The Southern Colonies had this type of climate, which was good for farming

What is warm and humid?

200

Many Southern colonists worked on large farms called these.

What are plantations?

200

This colony was known for shipbuilding and fishing.

What is Massachusetts?

200

Many colonists came to America for this freedom.

What is religious freedom? 

300

This region had plantations and relied heavily on enslaved labor

What are the Southern Colonies?

300

Rivers were important because they helped colonists with transportation and this activity.

What is trade?

300

This economic activity involved exchanging goods without money.

What is trade?

300

This Southern colony grew a lot of rice.

What is South Carolina?

300

This group of people helped make laws in some colonies.

What is an assembly?

400

New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies are examples of these.

What are colonial regions?

400

This geographic feature made farming difficult in New England.

What is rocky soil?

400

New England colonists made money by building and selling these.

What are ships? 

400

This colony was the first permanent English settlement.

What is Virginia?

400

Colonists were still ruled by this country.

What is England?

500

This region included colonies like Pennsylvania and New York.

What are the Middle Colonies?

500

Colonists often settled near this geographic feature for water and travel.

What is a river?

500

This triangular system traded raw materials, goods, and enslaved people.

What is triangular trade?

500

This colony was founded as a safe place for debtors and the poor.

What is Georgia?

500

This idea means people have the right to help make decisions about their government.

What is self-government?

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