| A | B |
|---|
| Economic reasons for exploration | Gold, natural resources, and trade |
| Religious reasons for exploration | Spread of Christianity |
| Obstacles to exploration | Poor maps and navigational tools |
| Accomplishments of exploration | European countries Claimed territories |
| Francisco Coronado | Spaniard who claimed southwest United States for Spain |
| Samuel de Champlain | Frenchman who established the French settlement of Quebec. |
| John Cabot | Englishman who explored eastern Canada. |
| Robert La Salle | Frenchman who claimed the Mississippi River Valley. |
| The Portuguese | This country made voyages of discovery along West Africa. |
| Spanish | Conquered and enslaved American Indians (First Americans) |
| French | Established trading posts |
| English | Established settlements and claimed ownership of land |
| Areas of cooperation | An example is trading with the Natives |
| Areas of conflict | An example is taking the land of the Natives |
| Diseases | This killed thousands of natives (not a shot was fired) |
| England | Cabot's home country |
| France | La Salle's home country |
| Spain | Coronado's home country |
| Quebec | Where Champlain explored |
| Mississippi River Valley | Where La Salle explored |
| Eastern Canada | Where Cabot explored |
| Southwest US desert area | Where Coronado expored |
| Gold | What Coronado was looking for. |
| Coastal Plain (Eastern Woodlands) | Region where the Iroquois live. |
| Great Plains | Region where the Sioux live. |
| Basin and Range | Region where the Pueblos live. |
| Coastal Range (northern) | Region where the Kwakiutl live. |
| Alaska & Pacifc Northwest | Region where the Inuit live. |
| 3 G's | Gold, God, & Glory |
| Songhai, Mali, & Ghana | 3 Kingdoms of Africa |
| Gold & Salt | What the Africans nations controlled |
| Controlled Trade | Why Mali, Ghana & Songhai were powerful. |
| Fear of the uknown | Sea monsters & falling off the Earth. |
