Worksheet

Colonial America

Grade 5 - Social Studies - On Level

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  1. Which colonial region or setting matches this geography: long growing seasons and coastal plains?

    • backcountry settlements
    • frontier farms
    • Southern colonies
    • Middle colonies

  2. Which economy fits the Southern colonies?

    • shipping, shops, printing, and trade
    • large plantations growing tobacco, rice, and indigo using enslaved labor
    • shipbuilding, fishing, trade, and small farms
    • small farms, hunting, and local trade

  3. Which settlement pattern fits the frontier farms?

    • families settled along trails and valleys farther from coastal cities
    • settlers cleared land, which increased conflict over Native homelands
    • towns often grew near harbors and meetinghouses
    • plantations spread near rivers that moved crops to ports

  4. Why did geography matter in the New England colonies?

    • fertile land and ports supported farming and commerce
    • ports connected colonies to Atlantic trade
    • land hunger pushed settlement westward
    • harbors and forests supported trade and shipbuilding

  5. Which evidence would help compare Colonial America regions with the Middle colonies?

    • geography, labor, trade, and settlement patterns
    • only the number of letters in the region name
    • only modern sports teams
    • only whether the region had one town

  6. Which colonial region or setting matches this geography: rocky soil, forests, and good harbors?

    • New England colonies
    • frontier farms
    • backcountry settlements
    • Middle colonies

  7. Which economy fits the backcountry settlements?

    • subsistence farming and barter
    • small farms, hunting, and local trade
    • shipping, shops, printing, and trade
    • shipbuilding, fishing, trade, and small farms

  8. Which settlement pattern fits the Southern colonies?

    • plantations spread near rivers that moved crops to ports
    • workers, merchants, sailors, and enslaved people lived near docks
    • towns often grew near harbors and meetinghouses
    • families settled along trails and valleys farther from coastal cities

  9. Why did geography matter in the Atlantic port towns?

    • available land and trails drew settlers inland
    • climate and rivers supported cash-crop plantations
    • fertile land and ports supported farming and commerce
    • ports connected colonies to Atlantic trade

  10. Which evidence would help compare Colonial America regions with the New England colonies?

    • only modern sports teams
    • only whether the region had one town
    • geography, labor, trade, and settlement patterns
    • only the number of letters in the region name
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