| A | B |
| alliance | agreement of protection |
| missionary | a person who goes to another land to win converts for a religion |
| courerurs de bois | colonists who lived and worked in the woods not attempting to conquer the Native Americans |
| Protestant Reformation | movement started by Martin Luther who protested against the power of the Catholic church |
| northwest passage | a waterway through or around North America |
| causes of the rivalry between the French and Dutch | control of lands and the fur trade |
| effects of the rivalry between the French and the Dutch | increased Indian warfare and |
| Cabot | found Newfoundland |
| Verrazano | explored from the Carolinas to Canada |
| Cartier | traveled the St. Lawrence River |
| Hudson | sailed around New York harbor |
| Champlain | founded the first French settlement Port Royal and built a trading post known as Quebec |
| Marquette | missionary who followed the Mississippi River for about 700 miles |
| Joliet | fur trader who followed the Mississippi River for about 700 miles |
| La Salle | followed the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico and named Louisiana after the French king |
| Minuit | led settlers to the Hudson River and named the settlement New Amsterdam |
| effect of the failure to find a northwest passage | European rulers made use of North American resources |
| effect of the Protestant Reformation in North America | settlers competed for resources and land |
| how the French made a profit in New France | fishing, trapping, and trading |
| first French settlement in North America | Port Royal |
| important trading posts in New France | Quebec and New Orleans |
| religion in New France | Catholic |
| important trading post in New Netherlands | Port Orange |
| religion in New Netherlands | accepted many religions |
| reason for New Netherlands expansion | took over New Sweden |
| river where many settlements were located in New Netherlands | Hudson River |
| European diseases | killed many Native Americans |
| scramble for furs | led to overtrapping of animals |
| rivalry over furs | increased Indian warfare |
| French missionaries | converted Native Americans to Christianity |
| settlers took control of lands | forced Native Americans on to other Native American lands |