| A | B | 
|---|
| obstacles to exploration | poor maps, disease,starvation, fear of unknown | 
| competitive forces | gold, natural resources, Christianity | 
| accomplishments | exchange of goods and ideas, improved navigational tools, claimed land | 
| Spain | Francisco Coronado | 
| France | Samuel Champlain, LaSalle | 
| Portugal | Prince Henry | 
| England | John Cabot | 
| Coronado Claimed | the Southwest | 
| Champlain claimed | Quebec | 
| John Cabot claimed | eastern Canada | 
| Reasons for Exploring | God , Gold , and Glory | 
| LaSalle claimed | The Mississippi River Valley | 
| French New World interaction | Trading posts and Christianity | 
| Spanish New World interaction | Conquered natives, first to bring Christianity | 
| English New World interaction | learned farming techniques from first Americans | 
| Portugal New World interaction | 1st school of Navigation, Trade with Africa | 
| Ghana | gold , salt | 
| Mali | Capital City of Timbuktu, center of learning | 
| Songhai | largest empire, gold, ivory | 
| Ghana, Songhai,Mali | Kingdoms of  West Africa | 
| navigation | science of sailing and piloting ships | 
| Ferdinand Magellan | First to Circumnavigate the World | 
| Monarch | King or Queen of a country | 
| Lousiana | LaSalle claimed for France | 
| Economy of New France | Fur Trade |