Role of Geography in the 13

Colonies

mountains

plains

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oceans

coastlines

Temperature

and rainfall

Soil

Type

Length of

Growing season

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Landforms Bodies of Water

Climate

Warm up

• In 2 complete sentences, explain how

geography (landforms, water, vegetation,

etc) affects how people live and make

money.

Quiz 1. What are the 3 Groups of

Colonies?

• A. New England, Middle, Western

• B. Northern, Middle , Southern

• C. New England, Middle , Southern

• D. New England, Northern, Western

New England Physical

Geography • Coolest climate

• Worst soil fertility

• Shortest growing

season

• Short warm summers

• Long cold winters

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Quiz 2. Which best describes New

England’s Climate?

A. Warm, fertile soil

B. Colder, fertile soil

C. Warmest, Fertile soil

D. Coldest, least fertile soil

How Did New England Adapt?

• Less farming and

more ocean related

jobs

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Quiz 3. Which of these jobs

doesn’t show how well New

England adapted to its geography? • A. Fisherman

• B. Sail maker

• C. Tobacco farmer

• D. Shipbuilder

Find examples of Human

Geography… write in your notes

• Atlantic Coastline had

plenty of harbors and

ports

• Forests of New

England held plenty

of lumber and

shipping supplies

• Trees provided ship

building material

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New England Subsistence

( farming to eat) Farmers

• Some farming took place

• Appalachian Mountains eroded into valleys

• Rocks had to be removed from fields

• These rocks were good building materials

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Human

Geography?

Quiz 4. Why does a subsistence

farmer plant his crops?

• A. He wants to sell them for money

• B. He wants to feed them to his family

• C. He wants to grow cash crops

• D. All of the above

New England Ocean

Related Jobs

• Fishing

• Shipping

• Whaling

• Commerce and Trade

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Quiz 5. Why did New Englanders

turn to the ocean for jobs?

• A. b/c they found ships when they arrived

in New England

• B. b/c the land and climate made farming

difficult

• C. b/c they didn’t want to be farmers

• D. b/c their plow was broken

Middle Colonies Physical

Geography Warmer winters

Warm summers

Very fertile mountain

valleys

* Longer growing season

than New England

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Quiz 6. Which best describes how the

Middle Colonies climate was different

than the New England Colonies? A. Middle Colonies were further north

B. Middle Colonies were colder

C. Middle Colonies were rockier

D. None of the above

Find examples of Human

Geography?

Lots of Good Grain farming

on small farms without

slaves

Lots of good ocean jobs like

fishing and trade in

Philadelphia and New York

City

Middle colonies got the best

of New England and the

Southern Colonies

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How Did The Middle Colonies

Adapt To Its Climate?

Longer growing season

Less rocky soil than

New England

Warmer climate

Lead to GREAT cash

crop (farming for

money not to eat)

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Farm Forest Oceann Other

Middle Colonies = Breadbasket

Middle colonies grew lots of grain cash crops

So much they were the leading flour producers

That is why they are called Breadbasket

Colonies

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7. Which of the following doesn’t fit

the Middle Colonies?

A. Breadbasket Colonies

B. Lots of subsistence farming

C. Lots of grains like wheat, corn, Quaker oats

D. Lots of flour

Middle Colonies Had Great Ports

Delaware River had the

port of

Philadelphia,Pennsyl-

vania

Hudson River had the

Port of New York City

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Middle Colony Ocean Jobs?

Fishing

Shipping

Ship Building

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Quiz 8. How are the Middle Colonies

like the New England Colonies?

A. The Middle Colonies have ocean jobs too

B. The Middle Colonies have rocky soil too

C. The Middle Colonies have long cold

winters

D. all of the above

Southern Colonies Climate

Short mild winters

Long warm summer

Longest growing

season

Most fertile soil on

coastal plains

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Many deep navigable

Southern Rivers

Quiz 9. What color on the map

represents the warmest growing

season for farming?

A. dark green

B. light green

C. Yellow

D. red

Southern Colonies Adapt

to Warmer Climate

Grow Cash Crops

Tobacco

Indigo

Rice

Sugar

After 1793 Cotton

14A

How Did Southern Colonies Adapt

Human Geography to the Warm

Climate?

Lots of plantation

farming and small

farmers

Use of Slavery

Farming was too

profitable to do other

jobs

14B

Quiz 10. What type of crops

did the Southern Colonies

grow?

A. Subsistence farming

B. Cash crops using slaves

C. Cash crops not using slaves

D. Wheat, corn, and Quaker Oats

Quiz Answer Key

1. C

2. D

3. C

4. B

5. B

6. D

7. B

8. A

9. D

10. B

Bonus : Virginia