Students complete nine fill-in-the-blank problems about Jamestown, the Mayflower, and the Middle colonies' breadbasket role. The matching activity pairs the four colonial groups — New England, Middle, Southern colonies, and Jamestown — with their defining economic features.
Matching colonial regions to their economic characteristics — fishing and lumber, wheat and trade, plantation farming — connects geography to economic systems and shows how colonial-era livelihoods were shaped by the natural environment.
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Exploration & Colonization
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The first permanent English settlement was Jamestown founded in 1607.
2. The Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth on a ship called the Mayflower.
3. The Middle colonies were known as the breadbasket colonies because they grew wheat.
4. Southern plantations grew tobacco, rice, and indigo as cash crops.
5. The colony of Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn for religious freedom.
6. New England colonists made money from fishing, lumber, and shipbuilding.
7. The Mayflower Compact was the first document of self-government in America.
8. Georgia was the last of the 13 colonies, founded in 1733.
9. The crop that saved the Jamestown colony from failure was tobacco.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
New England colonies
→ fishing and lumber
plantation farming
Middle colonies
→ wheat and trade
first English settlement
Southern colonies
→ plantation farming
fishing and lumber
Jamestown
→ first English settlement
wheat and trade
Exploration & Colonization
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) The first permanent English settlement was Jamestown founded in 1607.
2) The Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth on a ship called the Mayflower.
3) The Middle colonies were known as the breadbasket colonies because they grew wheat.
4) Southern plantations grew tobacco, rice, and indigo as cash crops.
5) The colony of Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn for religious freedom.
6) New England colonists made money from fishing, lumber, and shipbuilding.
7) The Mayflower Compact was the first document of self-government in America.
8) Georgia was the last of the 13 colonies, founded in 1733.
9) The crop that saved the Jamestown colony from failure was tobacco.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
New England colonies
→ fishing and lumber
plantation farming
Middle colonies
→ wheat and trade
first English settlement
Southern colonies
→ plantation farming
fishing and lumber
Jamestown
→ first English settlement
wheat and trade
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