| A | B |
|---|
| France | country in Europe |
| French | people from France |
| shortcut | an easy, quick route |
| body of water | a river, gulf, bay, ocean, or lake |
| snowshoes | footwear to help walk in deep snow |
| King Louis | leader of France |
| Jacques Cartier, Rene Sieur de la Salle | French explorers |
| Gulf of Mexico | body of water where the Mississippi River flows into |
| Louisiana | the land around the Mississippi River; now a state |
| St. Louis and New Orleans | French cities along the Mississippi River |
| French and Indian War | fight between England and France in North America |
| fur | the hair of animals |
| to trap | to catch in a small space |
| Catholic | the religion of the French |
| settler | a person who lives in an area |
| why the French came to America | to trap for furs, to find a shortcut to Asia, to teach Native Americans to be Catholic |
| how the Native Americans helped the French | taught them how to use canoes, snowshoes, |
| how France lost most of its land in America | the territory was taken when France lost the French and Indian War |
