| A | B |
|---|
| Northwest Passage | a water route through North America to Asia |
| profit | the amount of money that remains after the costs of a business have been paid |
| John Cabot | Italian sea captain sent by the kind of England to find the Northwest Passage |
| Giovannia da Verrazano | Italian captain who searched for the Northwest Passage for the kind of France in 1524 |
| Henry Hudson | English explorer who searched for a Northwest Passage through North America beginning in 1609 |
| Jacques Cartier | French explorer in search of Northwest Passage; claimed land along the St. Lawrence River; reached Canada |
| Saumel de Champlain | found the first permanent French settlement and called it Quebec |
| Jacques Marquette | looked for Northwest Passage; travelled on Mississippi River |
| Louis Jolliet | former fur trader traveled SOUTH on Mississippi River |
| voyageurs | people who carry furs and other goods by canoe |
| Detroit | trading post turned city |
| Jean Baptiste Point du Sable | built trading post in Chicago |
| coureurs de bois | "wood runners" - trapped fur without permission from France |
| Rene Robert LaSalle | followed Mississippi and claimed land and called it Louisiana |
| Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville | established many forts and missions in Louisiana |
| Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville | established many forts and missions in Louisiana |
| Bienville | settled New Orleans - becomes capital of Louisiana |
