Columbian Exchange Crops, Animals and Diseases

Use European Explorers and Their Sponsors to set up the voyages, then give the Columbian Exchange sheet to study what followed. Page 1 of each has the information for page 2.

Sort crops, animals and diseases of the Columbian Exchange and chart its effects. The directions on the page read: Read the passage. Then sort each item by writing W or E in its box. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 7th grade Medieval and Early Modern World, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

He sailed for Portugal in 1488, south along the west coast of Africa and around its southern tip into the Indian Ocean.

Potatoes and maize, or corn, moved east and fed growing populations. Animals, sugar cane and germs also crossed the Atlantic. The sheet sorts them with W or E.

In the table each explorer sailed for a nation, such as Portugal or Spain. European Explorers and Their Sponsors uses a Sailed for column for every voyage.