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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