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100

a person who travels to an unfamiliar area to search for information

What is explorer?

100

maps of bodies of water

nautical charts

100

a territory located far from the country that has control over it

What is colony?

100

was fought in North America as part of the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France being fought in Europe

What is French & Indian War?

100

The main reason French missionaries interacted with Native Americans

What is because they wanted to convert Native Americans to Christianity?

200

journey

What is expedition?

200

to keep track of time

hourglass

200

a person or group who settles in a colony.

What is colonist?

200

ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years’ War between Great Britain and France

What is Treat of Paris?

200

essential (important) to the fur trade.

What is Native Americans?

300

the country a person originally came from

What is origin?

300

to measure angles

quadrants

300

brought into from another country to be sold

What is imported?

300

a human being owned as property by another, usually for life, and forced to work for that person

What is slave?

300

your favorite speech teacher

who is Mrs. Taormina

400

agreement between nations or countries

What is alliance?

400

to see which direction they were traveling

compass

400

 someone who joins you or is on your side

What is ally?

400

The primary goal of the voyages of the explorers Verrazano, Hudson, and Champlain’s voyages was to

What is to find a shorter route to Asia?

400

 British gained control of this land

What is New Netherland?

500

tried to convert people to their faith

Who are missionaries?

500

map maker

cartographer

500

do not side with anyone

What is ally?

500

the Dutch governor

Who is Peter Stuyvesant?

500

French and Dutch were more interested in ...

What is the fur trade?

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