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These bingo cards cover key terms and concepts from the Columbian Exchange for students in Grades 4–5 on a 4×4 grid. The word list includes specific plants and animals (corn, horses, wheat, pigs), historical figures like conquistadors and patrons, and effects like epidemic, slavery, and cultural exchange. Use these to review vocabulary during a unit on exploration and world history, or adapt them for similar global-exchange or colonial-era activities.

Subject:
Social Studies
Topic:
History
Grade Level:
4th – 5th Grades
Updated February 2025

Word List

  • The Columbian Exchange
  • Epidemic
  • Devastation
  • horses
  • Sugar Cane
  • Slavery
  • corn, peanuts, potatoes, squash, turkeys, guinea pigs, and llamas
  • wheat, rice, peaches, lettuce, onions, coffee, horses, pigs, and cattle
  • Gained power and wealth
  • Allowed them to travel farther distances
  • language, religion, music, and and dance.
  • to act of capturing and forcing humans to work.
  • conquistadors
  • patron
  • expedition
  • empire

How to Use This Bingo Cards

Print a class set of unique bingo cards for classroom games, review sessions, or parties. Click 'View Bingo Cards' to choose how many cards to generate and customize the word list.

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