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EuropeanExplorationandSettlement

Ifyouwerelookingforaplacetoestablishanewcommunity,whatfactorswouldyouconsider?Usingthelistbelowandanyotherideasyouhave,rankthefactorsfrommostimportanttoleastimportant.

1. fresh water source ______ 2. fertile land ______ 3. friendly neighbors ______ 4. mild climate ______ 5. near a river or ocean ______ 6. near a forest ______ 7. an area suitable for defense ______ 8. other: ________________ ______

Judgingfromtheillustration:1.Whatdoyouthinksomeexplorersfeared?2.Whatotherfearsdoyouthinkexplorershad?3.Whymightexplorershaveventuredintounknownlands?

SpainUSECOMPLETESENTENCESJ

1.DescribehowSpainestablishedterritorialclaimsinNorthAmerica.Includethesetermsinyouranswer:Pueblos,presidios,andmissions. `3.BrieflydescribetherelationshipthatexistedbetweentheSpanishandtheAmericanIndians:

NewFrance1.Whowerecoureursdebois?Wheredidtheylearntheirtrappingskills?2.BrieflydescribetherelationshipthatexistedbetweentheFrenchandtheAmericanIndians.

England

1.DescribehowEnglandestablishedterritorialclaimsinNorthAmerica.Includethesetermsinyouranswer:JohnCabot,LondonCompany,Jamestown.3.BrieflydescribetherelationshipthatexistedbetweentheBritishandtheAmericanIndians.

NewNetherland

1.HowdidNewNetherlandbecomeNewYork?2.BrieflydescribetherelationshipthatexistedbetweentheDutchandtheAmericanIndians.