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Ch.2
Exploring the Americas
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Crusade (n) | one of a series of expeditions Europenas made of regain control of Christian holy sites in the Middle East from the A.D. 1000s to the 1200s |
| classical (adj) | related to the culture of the ancient Greece and Rome |
| Renaissance (n) | a reawakening of culture and intellectual curiosity in Europe from the 1300s to the 1600s |
| technology (n) | the use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes |
| astrolabe (n) | an instrument used to plan a course, using the stars |
| Compass (n) | an instrument 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 |
| cape (n) | a point of land that sticks out into water, much like a peninsula |
| devote (v) | to commit oneself or one's resources to something |
| alter (v) | to change |
| circumnavigate (v) | to travel completely around something, usually by water |
| conquistador (n) | Spanish explorer |
| immunity (n) | resistance, such as to disease |
| contact (n) | when two or more groups or objects come together |
| pueblo (n) | a town in the Spanish-ruled lands |
| mission (n) | a religious community where farming was carried out and Native Americans were converted to Christianity |
| presidio (n) | a fort |
| plantation (n) | a large farm |
| found (v) | to start, to establish |
| reformation (n) | a sixteenth-century religious movement rejecting or changing some Roman Catholic teachings and practices and establishing Protestant churches |
| armada (n) | a fleet or warships |
| protestantism (n) | a form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church |
| Northwest Passage (n) | a sea passage between the Atlanatic and the Pacific Oceans along the north coast of North America |
| widespread (n) | over a wide area |
| tenant farmer (n) | settler who pays rent or provides work to a landowner in exchange for the right to use the land owner's land |
| pose (v) | to present; to offer |
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