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windom, SS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| obstacles | disease and starvation, fear of the unknown, poor maps and navigational tools, lack of adequate supplies |
| motivations | spread Christianity, economic ($)- gold natural resources and trade, compensation ($) for empire and belief in superiority of own culture |
| accomplishments | improved maps and navigational tools, exchange goods and ideas, claimed teritorries for empires |
| LaSalle | claimed the Mississippi river valley for france |
| Cabot | explored to northeast coast of Canada for england |
| Champlain | established the french settlement of quebec |
| Coronado | claimed the southwest united states for spain |
| french | established trading posts, spread the christian religion to the indians |
| spanish | conquered and enslaved indians, brought christianity and european diseases, |
| english | established settlements and claimed ownership of land, learned farming techniques from the indians, traded with the indians |
| conflict between indians and europeans | arguments over land, competition for trade, differences in culture, diseases, language differences |
| cooperation between indians and europeans | trade, crops, europeans brought weapons and metal farm tools |
| ghana, mali, and songhai | located in the western region of africa, dominated west africa one after another from 300-1600 AD, powerful trading empires in west africa |
| portugal | carried goods from europe to west africa empires, traded metal cloth and other manufactured goods for gold |