| A | B |
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| How did glaciers affect the colonies? | They pushed soil from New England to the Middle Colonies |
| What helped the Middle Colonies send crops to other towns? | they used wide, long rivers |
| Which colony had the best climate for growing crops? | the Southern Colonies |
| True or false? New Hampshire and Massachusetts were in the New England colonies | True |
| True or false? North Carolina and Pennsylvania were in the Southern Colonies | False |
| tidewater | the water in rivers and streams rises and falls every day with the ocean's tide |
| backcountry | the higher land on the western side of the fall line that was “in back of” the area where most colonists settled |
| growing season | the time of year when it is warm enough for plants to grow |
| fall line | a line between the eastern edge of the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic Coastal Plain that connects waterfalls along the eastern coast of the United States |
