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SS Ch 2 vocab

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Crusade (N) one of a seies of expiditions Eroupians made to regain control of Christian holy sitess in the middle eastern from the A.D 1000s to the 1200s.
Classical (Adj) related to the culture of anceint Greece and Rome
Renaissance (N) a reawaking of culture and intellectual
Technology (N) the use of scientific knowlege for practical purposes
Astrolabe (N) an instrument used to plan a course
Compass (N) an instrument that shows the direction of magnetic north
Pilgrimage (N) a journy to a holy place
Mosque (N) a Muslim house of warship
Acquire (V) to get possesion or control of
Cape (N) A point of land that sticks out into water, much like a penislula
Devote (V) to commit oneself or one´s resources to something
Alter (V) to change
Circumnavigate (V) to travel completley around something, usally by water
Conquistador (N) Spanish Exploror
Immunity (N) resistance, such as to diseas
Contact (V) when 2 or more groups of 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 conerted to Christianity
Presido (N) a fort
Plantation (N) a large farm
Widespread (Adj) over a wide area
Armada (N) a fleet of warship
Reformation (N) a sixtennth century religious movment rejecting or changing some Roman Cathlic teaching and practices and establishing Protestant churches
Protestantism (n) a form of Christianity that was in opposition of the Cathlic church
Northwest Passage (N) a sea passage between the Atlantic and Passific Oceans along the northcoast of North America
Pose (V) to present; or offer
Tenant Farmer (N) setterlers who pay rent or provides work to a landowner in exchange for the right use of the landowners land
Found (V) to start, to establish
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