Here’s the matching of the regions to their characteristics:
- **Southern**:
1. Fertile soil
2. Plantation economy
- **Mid Atlantic**:
1. Farmland and timber
2. Farming and trade
3. Many religions
- **New England**:
1. Rocky soil
2. Founded for religious freedom
3. Settlers were mostly English
4. Fishing and shipbuilding
So the completed matches would be:
- **Southern**: 1. Fertile soil, Plantation economy
- **Mid Atlantic**: 2. Farmland and timber, Farming and trade, Many religions
- **New England**: 3. Rocky soil, Founded for religious freedom, Settlers were mostly English, Fishing and shipbuilding