Word Search Puzzle: West Africa during the Age of Exploration

E W U A R E R A S T B Y T I N U M M O C
R A U I X O E W I L E A E S E N F L V N
C R O V S D T L D N W E A L T H E M A G
T A S O A R G U O H I E I A K O N G O H
Y H L R N O G N O K I N A M E A X N E A
J A T Y K R U V I L L A G E S R O O I N
S S O N G H A I T Z L B N E T A E I Y A
H E R D I N G S N D L O G R I U W T O I
T J L N K E N P A R A N E Q M S I I O C
O I H E A I I E V N I L I T B S R D Z U
G N I T N U H Q A M U R V S U T V A L N
L T S S R U S O R I S M E P K T A R E B
L N A E M A I A A E A I E O T D U T R S
E Y L I M A F A C L O T H E U N U L T A
U I T O U N R G I T S O T F L N I N E B



Terms:

Benin
caravan
cloth
community
Ewuare
family
farming
fishing
Ghana
gold
herding
hunting
Islam
ivory
Kongo
Mali
manikongo
oba
Sahara
salt
Songhai
Timbuktu
trade
tradition
villages
wealth


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Word Search Puzzle: The Columbian Exchange

N N M S I C A R T E R K F R O R R V G C Z I J S J J N T
A H O J L K G F X J U S I E C H E O L T P M V U C O O R
C E H I G T R Q V L R T J T Z O L V N X A M J B Y I I I
I H K V T V I C E R O Y S N U D S A L N R U A M O N T A
R C O N Q U I S T A D O R U C N W Z F I Z N V U N T A N
E K F O O C L T R E A T Y O F T O R D E S I L L A S R G
M U C J P Q P O C B T E X C H A N G E B N T M O I T O U
A F O O D S O D V O G X R N O R O E O D Y Y E C U O L L
N O I T A C R A M E D F O E N I L L A P A P R R Q C P A
I Z W R Q I O M L L R D H Y Q S G A Q N E E C E E K X R
T T N O I T A Z I N O L O C E I Z B O F S N A H H C E T
A C I R C U M N A V I G A T I O N I M M S C N P A O F R
L I H D Y M O N O C E N O I T A T N A L P O T O D M O A
M S I L A T I P A C O V Y Z C A S L C O P M I T U P E D
M I D D L E P A S S A G E R L R L V T X E I L S A A G E
L B C N A E B B I R A C T F E P E T J S M E I I L N A O
S E S A E S I D P E N B N A O V A M T W I N S R O Y D O
T K Z D R C W U B Z D I M X I L A I M T T D M H C R R K
M S I L A I R E P M I D L O U N Z L N O A A E C A K Q W
F J U A T A H U A L P A M M J O O C S C C H E P F O S U



Terms:

AGE OF EXPLORATION
ATAHUALPA
CAPITALISM
CARIBBEAN
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
CIRCUMNAVIGATION
COLONIZATION
COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION
CONQUISTADOR
CUZCO
DISEASES
ENCOMIENDA
ENCOUNTER
EXCHANGE
FOODS
GOLD
IMMUNITY
INFLATION
JOINT-STOCK COMPANY
LATIN AMERICA
MERCANTILISM
MESTIZO
MIDDLE PASSAGE
MITA
MULATTO
OLAUDAH EQUIANO
OLD IMPERIALISM
PAPAL LINE OF DEMARCATION
PARDO
PLANTATION ECONOMY
RACISM
SILVER
SLAVERY


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Free Online United States Geography Quiz

How well do you know the capital cities of the Western stats? We have created a simple online quiz to test your knowledge. All that you need to do is (using multiple-choice) name the capitals of the 13 Western states within 13 minutes. Good luck!


Name the Capital Cities of the 13 Western States within 13 Minutes

Word Search Puzzle: Native American Cultures at the Time of Columbus

A R A P A H O R N A R R A G A N S E T T A S B K O O N I H C
L C E T Z A E K A D A P R O U D E N A T I V E N C L R L T H
G H U R O N U I V O O U E R H E R I T A G E S Q T F L L G I
O E Z N E A A O A E E N K A S H A Y A P O M O S A G E I N P
N R I O S U J O J E M I A M I I E P A A E F N E L T H N I P
Q O J I B W A N O N O K N M E A P E I I O I K M U S R O S E
U K L U T E T T S W A W S E U R U U A U W R C I Y O I I E W
I E T K L N T E A A M A A S U J E T R T A S O N I A T S A A
N E K S R A U L O P I K I C E Z B A O E M T N O E N Z U N I
C R E I W T O U Q E P I I A O U L R R S P A N L K A T O T L
A C O A A E V N M C L U T L L S O I A W A M A E I R X U O Y
O W A T C O H C U R R T S E T L N M C E N E H A O E I S E T
A A T O K A D I N E E L A R E M N O S X O R E L W E T H N O
R S Q E I P O H A P E N I O O U R T U S A I U M A N D A N O
A A C R O W S N O Z M O N A C A N A T L G C Q T A O S W E F
K K D E L A W A R E A O E P I I O W U H R A S G P H F N Y K
I C E N M L P T M N J T R A S R T A U U O N U I A S E E E C
R I H U I C H O L A U K R C W S T T L V N S S E C O A E H A
A H H I T C H I T I Y A S H O I P O W H A T A N H H E E C L
A C O M A N C H E A E A I E O B U P R C S T D L E S N E A B



Cultures:

Algonquin
Arapaho
Arikara
Aztec
Blackfoot
Cherokee
Cheyenne
Chickasaw
Chinook
Chippewa
Choctaw
Chumash
Comanche
Cree
Crow
Dakota
Delaware
Hitchiti
Hopi
Huichol
Huron
Illinois
Inca
Iowa
Jumano
Kansa
Kashaya Pomo
Kato
Kiowa
Kiowa-Apache
Kwakiutl Nootka
Mandan
Maya
Mescalero Apache
Miami
Monacan
Narragansett
Navajo
Nez Perce
Ojibwa
Ottawa
Paiute
Pawnee
Pequot
Pima
Potawatomi
Powhatan
Pueblo
Sauk
Seminole
Shawnee
Shoshone
Susquehannock
Taino
Tuscarora
Ute
Wampanoag
Zuni


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The YouTube Party Continues with the Causes of World War I

Courtesy of Erika Glover and YouTube

U.S. History: 1865 to the Present

The Research Channel on YouTube (University of Minnesota) has a lot of interesting, brief videos. These, along with other YouTube videos, are a great way for teachers to stay current, review course material, and essentially "stay in the game" during summer vacation.





The Research Channel

New Teacher Survey