| A | B |
|---|
| colony | settlement ruled by a distant country |
| expedition | journey taken for a special reason |
| alliance | a group of people who join together to reach a shared goal |
| absolute location | exact location |
| trading post | a place in which American Indians and the French exchanged goods |
| conflict | a disagreement that may lead to fighting |
| Samuel de Champlain | claimed land in present day Canada for France and named it New France |
| Robert de la Salle | claimed land for France as he traveled down the Mississippi River and named it Louisiana |
| Ohio Company | wanted to develop trade and gain control of the Ohio Country |
| Celoron de Blainville | French sent him to the Ohio Country to order the British to leave |
| Fur trade | important to the settlers because they could sell this in Europe and make a lot of money |
| equator | zero degrees latitude |
| prime meridian | zero degrees longitude |
| latitude | measures distances north or south of the equator |
| longitude | measures distances east and west of the prime meridican |
| Haudenosaunee | also known as the Iroquois |
| barter | goods Europeans brought to exchange with Indians |
