| The Columbian Exchange |
| Printables - Educational Materials for World History-Global Studies |
| Causes and Effects |
| Causes and Effects - "European Discovery of the Americas" Blank short- and long-term causes and effects chart |
| Decipher the Code Puzzles |
| Decipher the Code Puzzle - "The Earliest English Colonies" |
| DBQs: Document-Based Questions |
| DBQ/Examining Primary Sources - "Letter to Luis de Sant Angel Announcing His Discovery," Christopher Columbus (1493) - Document-based essay questions |
| Readings with Questions |
| "The Boy Columbus" - Printable one-page reading text with recall and comprehension questions |
| "King John II of Portugal and Columbus" - Printable one-page reading text with recall and comprehension questions |
| Quizzes and Tests |
| The Portuguese and Spanish in North America - Printable multiple-choice quiz with 32 questions |
| The Encounter between the "Old" World and the "New" World - Printable multiple-choice quiz with 16 questions |
| T-Charts |
| T-Chart - "European Nations and Their Explorers" - Blank T-chart to be completed by students |
| T-Chart - "The Age of Exploration" - Blank T-chart with 18 prominent European explorers to be completed by students |
| T-Chart - "Pivotal Events in the Colonization of the Americas" - Blank T-chart to be completed by students |
| Trivia Question Cards |
| Printable Trivia Questions - "The Age of Exploration I" |
| Printable Trivia Questions - "The Age of Exploration II" |
| Word Search Puzzles |
| Word Search Puzzle - "The Columbian Exchange" |
| Word Search Puzzle - "West Africa during the Age of Exploration" |
| Word Search Puzzle - "Leading Figures of the Age of Exploration" |
| Writing Exercises |
| Writing Exercises - "Encounter and Columbian Exchange" |
| Writing Exercises - "English Settlements in North America" |
| Writing Exercises - "The Spanish in North America" |
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