Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of Europeans.
Many were nomadic, they lived off of the land, used every part of the animal they killed, fought with each other, didn't have very many diseases, lots of gods, and all that.
Europeans brought diseases that killed off a lot of them. Took their land and forced the Native Americans west.
Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400's.
Europeans traded with Asia and wanted to get there as quickly as possible. They also wanted to expand their land and get more resources to gain more money and power. Europeans also wanted to spread their religion.
List the major countries including some of the main explorers that explored the New World.
Great Britian, Spain, France, and Portugal were some of the major countries that explored. Vasco de Gama (Portugal), Christopher Columbus (Spain) and many others. Spain settled near Florida, Latin America, Western United States. France took Canada and the Mississippi River area. Great Britian took the East Coast. Portugal took Brazil.
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