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Ch.2 Exploring the A
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| (n)Crusade | one of a series of expeditions Europeans made to regain control of Christian holy sites in the Middle East from the A.D. 100s to the 1200s |
| (adj)classical | related to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome |
| (n) Renaissance | a reawakening of culture and intellectual curiosity in Europe from the 1300s to the 1600s |
| (n)technology | the use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes |
| (n)astrolabe | an instrument used to plan a course, using the stars |
| (n)compass | an instrument that shows the direction of magnetic north |
| (v)pilgrimage | a journey to a holy place |
| (n)mosque | Muslim house of worship |
| (v)acquire | to get possession or control of |
| (n)cape | a point of land that sticks out into water, much like a peninsula |
| (v)devote | to commit oneself or one's resources to something |
| (v)alter | to change |
| (v)circumnavigate | to travel completely around something, usually by water |
| (n)conquistador | Spanish explorer |
| (n)immunity | resistance, such as to disease |
| (v)contact | when two or more groups or objects come together |
| (n)pueblo | a town in the Spanish-ruled lands |
| (n)mission | a religious community where farming was carried out and Native Americans were converted to Christianity |
| (n)presidio | a fort |
| (n)planation | a large farm |
| (v)found | to start, to establish |
| (n)Reformation | a sixteenth-century religious movement rejecting or changing some Roman Catholic teachings and practices and establishing Protestant churches |
| (n)armada | a fleet of warships |
| (n)Protestantism | a form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church |
| (n)Northwest Passage | a sea passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans along the north coast of North America |
| (v)widespread | over a wide area |
| (n)tenant farmer | settler who pays rent or provides work to a landowner in exchange for the right to use the landowner's land |
| (v)pose | to present; to offer |