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How to use task cards:

Cut the cards along the dotted lines and make 4 cards from each page.

It is best if the cards can be laminated for durability and longevity.

Each student gets an answer sheet.

Students answer each task card's questions or problems and write the answer in theanswer sheet's corresponding space.

When complete, parents (or teacher) can check with the included answer page or the student can complete a self-check.

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What four colonies madeup the middle colonies?

What resources didcolonists use to maketheir homes?

What is an apprentice? Why were many townsestablished near riversand coasts?

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What city became thelargest city during theColonial times?

What 5 colonies made upthe Southern Colonies?

How was life in theSouthern Coloniesdifferent from otherregions?

Name the four coloniesthat make up the NewEngland region.

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What was the mostpopular crop in NewEngland?

What items did colonistsmake from corn husks?

Why were whales a valuableresource to colonists?

What were the 3 maincrops in the SouthernColonies?

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Name 3 crops that grewwell in the Middle Colonies.

What is a cash crop?

Why did many colonistscome to the new country?

Who were the Quakers?

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Name 2 items thecolonist traded amongstthemselves.

Name 2 items NativeAmericans traded withcolonists.

What was an indenturedservant?

Which region would youhave wanted to live induring that time? Why?

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Answer Key

New York, New Jersey, Delaware, & Pennsylvania

Wood, brick and mud

A young boy learning a trade or skill under a mastercraftsman

It was much easier to transport goods when people lived alongwater

Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia

People in the South used land for farming instead of buildingup cities.

Rhode Island, Connecticut, new Hampshire & Massachusetts

Corn

woven baskets and moccasins

Whale blubber was turned into oil for lamps

Cotton, Indiigo and Tabacco

Potatoes, rye, barley, corn, wheat & pumpkins

A crop sold by planters and not used for personal use.

Most colonist came because of religious persecution

A group who did like the rules of Church of England. Theythought everyone should be allowed their own beliefs.

fur, horses, fish, maple syrup and lumber

Metal pots and weapons

Young people who were given free passage to the New Worldin exchange for working for a certain number of years.

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