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Chapter 4

European Quest for New Land

TermDefinition
middlemen traders who bought goods from producers and then sold them to other traders or consumers.
cartographer mapmaker
Northwest Passage water route to Asia through North American continent
isthmus narrow strip of land connecting the two larger areas
conquistador Spanish conqueror
skirmishes minor, short term fightsy o
missionary one who is sent out on a religious mission
Francisco de Vasquez Coranado Spanish explorer who was looking for the Seven Cities of Cibola and who traveled into Oklahoma
Quivira mythological city of gold which Coronado was seeking. Quivira was allegedly in Oklahoma/
Juan de Padilla a friar who traveled with the Coronado expedition and who stayed with the Wichita Indians to try and establish a mission among the Indians, He was held captive for a year then had to march from central Oklahoma to the Gulf Coast.
Hernando de Soto Spanish explorer who hoped to find wealth and gold. His expedition spent the winter of 1542 in Arkansas.
Juan de Onate Spanish explorer who came to Oklahoma in 1601 in search of Quivira.
French explorers came to the New World looking for fur and trade; they were looking for the Northwest Passage through North America.
colony group of people who settle in another land but who are still under the rule of their native land.
Jacques Marquette traveled by canoe down the Mississippi River to a Quapaw village at the mouth of the Arkansas River,
La Salle French explorer that hoped to establish a string of trading posts down the Mississippi River.
Louisiana land drained by the MIssissippi River claimed by La Salle for France.
La Harpe French explorer who established a trading post along the Red River in 1719. He explored much of eastern Oklahoma.
Wichita Indians welcomed a trading partnership with the French. They wanted guns and ammunition to defend their villages and the French wanted fur and buffalo hides.
England began establishing colonies along the Atlantic Coast as it felt the country that controlled North America would be more powerful.
coureur de bois French fur traders and trappers who settled in Oklahoma and took Native American wives.
economy all activities in the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
calumet long ceremonial pipe
diseases Native Americans had no immunity to diseases that the Europeans brought to North America such as smallpox and millions died.
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