Term | Definition |
classical | related to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome |
Renaissance | a reawakening of culture and intellectual curiosity in Europe from the 1300s to the 1600s |
technology | the use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes |
astrolabe | an instrument used to plan a course, using the stars. |
acquire | to get possession or control of |
compass | an instrument that shows the direction of magnetic north |
pilgrimage | a journey to a holy place |
Crusade | one of a series of expeditions Europeans made to regain control of Christian holy sites in the Middle East from the A.D. 1000s to the 1200s |
cape | a point of land that sticks out into water, much like a peninsula. |
devote | to commit oneself or one's resources to something. |
alter | to change |
circumnavigate | to travel completely around something, usually by water. |
conquistador | Spanish explorer |
contact | when two or more groups or objects come together. |
immunity | resistance, such as to disease. |
pueblo | a town in the Spanish-ruled lands. |
mission | a religious community where farming was carried out and Native Americans were converted to Christianity. |
presidio | a fort. |
found | to start, to establish. |
Reformation | a sixteenth-century religious movement rejecting or changing some Roman Catholic teachings and practices and establishing the Protestant churches. |
Protestantism | a form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church. |
widespread | over a wide area. |
armada | a fleet of warships. |
Northwest Passage | a sea passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific along the north coast of North America. |