| A | B |
|---|
| motivation | gives somebody a reason to do something |
| obstacle | something that blocks the way or keeps you from accomplishing a task |
| accomplishment | a successful achievement of a task |
| Francisco Coronado | claimed the southwest United States for Spain |
| Samuel de Champlain | created the first permanent French settlement named Quebec |
| Robert La Salle | claimed the entire Mississippi River Valley, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, for France |
| John Cabot | explored eastern Canada and gave England a claim to lands in North America |
| Spanish | conquered and enslaved the American Indians |
| English | established settlements and claimed ownership to all they could see. They also learned farming techniques from the American Indians |
| French | established trading posts with American Indian hunters |
| American Indians | believed that land was to be shared or used but not owned |
| economic | relating to the economy of a country or money in general |
| empire | belonging to a country; group of nations, territories, or peoples rules by a single authority |
| culture | beliefs, customs, practices, social behavior of a particular nation or people |
| Portuguese | made voyages of discovery along West Africa |
