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Ch.2 Exploring The A
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Crusade (n) | one of exppeditions Europeans made to 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 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 pratical purposes |
| Astrolabe (n) | an instrument used to plan a course, using the stars |
| Compass (n) | an instrument tat shows the direction of magnetic north |
| pilgrimage (n) | a journey to a holy place |
| mosque (n) | a Muslim house of worship |
| acquire (verb) | to get possession or control of |
| cape (n) | a point of land that sticks out into water, much like a peninsula |
| devote (verb) | to commit oneself or one´s resources to something |
| alter (verb) | to change |
| circumnavigate (verb) | to travel completly around something, usually water |
| conquistador (n) | Spanish explorer |
| immunity (n) | resistance, such as to disease |
| contact (n) | when two or more objects come together |
| pueblo (n) | a town in the Spanish - ruled lands |
| mission (n) | a religous community where farming was carried out and Native Americans were converted to Christianity |
| presido (n) | a fort |
| plantation (n) | a large farm |
| found (verb) | to start , to establish |
| Reformation (noun) | a sixteenth century religous movement rejecting or changing some Roman Catholic teachings and practices and establishing Prostestant churches |
| armada (noun) | a fleet of warships |
| Protestantism (noun) | a form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic church |
| Northwest Passage (noun) | a sea passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans along the north coast of North America |
| widespread (adj) | over a wide area |
| tenant farmer (noun) | settler who pays rent of provides work to a landowner in exchange for the right to use the landowner´s land |
| pose (verb) | to present; to offer |
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