Trace the Columbian Exchange across two hemispheres. Fill-in questions cover tomatoes and chocolate traveling from the Americas to Europe, horses and cattle arriving from Europe, sugar cane reshaping the Caribbean, smallpox devastating Native Americans who had no immunity, and horses transforming how Plains Indians hunted buffalo. Students also identify peanuts and cassava traveling to Africa and the role of enslaved African labor in Caribbean sugar.
A matching task sorts potatoes, horses, tobacco, and wheat by direction of travel — Americas to Europe or Europe to Americas. Tracking what crossed which way builds the global perspective Grade 5 standards expect.
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Exploration & Colonization
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. Tomatoes and chocolate were crops that traveled from the Americas to Europe.
2. Europeans brought horses, cattle, and pigs to the Americas for the first time.
3. Sugar cane were brought from Europe and became a major crop in the Caribbean.
4. Native Americans had no immunity to European diseases like smallpox.
5. The arrival of horses changed the way Plains Indians hunted buffalo.
6. Wheat and barley were European grains introduced to the Americas.
7. The exchange of goods between hemispheres is named after Christopher Columbus.
8. Peanuts and cassava were American crops that later became important foods in Africa.
9. European colonists used enslaved African labor to grow sugar cane in the Caribbean.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to the direction it traveled in the Columbian Exchange.
Potatoes
→ Americas to Europe
Europe to Americas
Horses
→ Europe to Americas
Americas to Europe
Tobacco
→ Americas to Europe
Americas to Europe
Wheat
→ Europe to Americas
Europe to Americas
Exploration & Colonization
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) Tomatoes and chocolate were crops that traveled from the Americas to Europe.
2) Europeans brought horses, cattle, and pigs to the Americas for the first time.
3) Sugar cane were brought from Europe and became a major crop in the Caribbean.
4) Native Americans had no immunity to European diseases like smallpox.
5) The arrival of horses changed the way Plains Indians hunted buffalo.
6) Wheat and barley were European grains introduced to the Americas.
7) The exchange of goods between hemispheres is named after Christopher Columbus.
8) Peanuts and cassava were American crops that later became important foods in Africa.
9) European colonists used enslaved African labor to grow sugar cane in the Caribbean.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to the direction it traveled in the Columbian Exchange.
Potatoes
→ Americas to Europe
Europe to Americas
Horses
→ Europe to Americas
Americas to Europe
Tobacco
→ Americas to Europe
Americas to Europe
Wheat
→ Europe to Americas
Europe to Americas
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