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Chapter 2 SC
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| mosque | a Muslim house of worship |
| 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 | spanich 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 |
| plantation | a large farm |
| 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 war ships |
| Northwest Passage | a sea passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific along the north coast of North America |
| tenant farmer | settler who pays rent or provides work to a landowner in exchange for the right to use the landowner's land |
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