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ch2 exploring the am
scocisal studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Crusade (N) | one of a series of expeditions Eurpeans made to regoin control of Christain holy sites in the Middle East from the A.D. 1000s to the 1200s |
| classical (ADG) | related to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome |
| Renaissance (N) | a reweaking of culture and intellectual curiosity in Europe from the 1300s to the 1600s |
| Technology (N) | the use of scienfic knowledge of partical purposes |
| Astroable (N) | an insrtrument used to plan a course, using the stars |
| Compass (N) | an insrtrument that shows the direction of magnetic north |
| pilgrimage (N) | a journey to a holy place |
| mosque (N) | a Muslim house of worship |
| Acquire (V) | to get possession control of |
| cape (N) | a point of land that sticks out into water, much like a peninsula |
| circumnative (N) | to travel completely around someing, usally by water |
| devote (N) | to commit oneself or one´s resourse to something |
| alter (V) | to change |
| conquistador (N) | Spanish explorer |
| immunity (N) | resistance, such as to disease |
| contact (N) | when two or objects come together |
| pueblo (N) | a town in the Spanish-ruled lands |
| mission (N) | a religious community where farming was carried out and Natice Americans were converted to Christianity |
| presidio (N) | a fort |
| plantantion (N) | a large farm |
| found (N) | to start, to establish |
| reformatioin (N) | a sixteenth century relgious movment rejcting or changing some Roman Catholic teachings and practice and establishing Protestant churches |
| armada (N) | a fleet or warship |
| protestantism (N) | a form of Christanity that was in oppostion to the Cathloi Chruch |
| Northwestern Passages (N) | a sea passage between the Atlanic and the Pacific Oceans along the north coast of North America |
| widespread (N) | over a wide areas |
| tenant farmer (N) | settler who pays rent or provies work to a landowner in exchange for the right to use the landowne's land |
| pose (N) | to persent; to otter |
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