| 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 | explored land near the Greaet Lakes that he called 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 |
| 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 |
| barter | goods Europeans brought to exchange with Indians |
| French | built trading posts, first Eurpoean group to explore the Ohio area |
| British | claimed the Ohio Country as part of their sea-to-sea clause, started the Ohio Company |
