1. Regions Explored

2. Spain
Francisco Coronado explored
Claimed the Southwest

3. France
Robert LaSalle claimed the Mississippi Valley (LaSalle sailed the Mississippi)
Samuel de Champlain established the French settlement of Quebec (Quit Complaining)

4. England
John Cabot explored eastern Canada

5. Spanish Interaction Enslaved American Indians
Brought European diseases
Brought Christianity

6. French Interaction Spread Christian religion
Established trading posts to trade furs

7. English Interaction Established settlements and claimed land
Learned farming
Traded with American Indians
Spread Christianity

8. American Indians Taught farming techniques to European settlers
Believed that land was to be shared or used but not owned

9. Areas of Cooperation in Economic Interaction
Europeans brought weapons and metal farm tools
Trade
Crops

10. Conflict with Indians Land – either took it or fought for it
Competition for trade
Disease
Language differences

11. West Africa
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai dominated West Africa one after another from 300 to 1600 A.D.

12. Portugal Explored West Africa
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai had become powerful by controlling trade in West Africa
Portuguese traded metal, cloth and manufactured goods for gold