Cultural Interactions Flashcards
What were the main conflicts between Native Americans and the Spanish?
The Spanish conquered and enslaved Native people and brought Christianity and diseases to the New World.
What were the main conflicts between Native Americans and the French?
The French established trading posts and spread the Christian religion.
What were the main conflicts between Native Americans and the English?
The English established settlements and claimed ownership of land, while the Native people thought that land was to be shared, not owned.
How did the American Indians help the European settlers?
They taught them farming techniques.
Land disagreements, competition for trade (rip offs), disease, and language difference were all examples of what?
Conflict that might have led to wars.
How did everyone get along?
They traded technologies and crops.
What is the largest river in the U.S.?
Mississippi
The Ohio River is what?
A tributary of the Mississippi river (Gateway to the west)
The Mississippi and Missouri Rivers both provide what?
Links to ports and other parts of the world.
What forms a border between Mexico and Texas?
The Rio Grande river
What river was explored by the Spanish?
Colorado
Where is the St. Lawrence River located and what does it do?
Eastern Canada and connects great lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
