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Ch 2 Exploring the A
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Crusade | One of a series of exoeditions 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. |
| Reaissance (n) | A reawakening of culture and intellectual curiosty 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 mangnetic north |
| Pilgrimage (n) | A journey to a holy place. |
| Mosque (n) | A muslim house of worship. |
| Cape (n) | A point of land that sticks out into water, much like a peninsula. |
| Circumnavigate (verb) | To travel completely around something, usally by water. |
| Conquistador (n) | Spanish explorer. |
| Immunity (n) | Resistance, such as to disease. |
| 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 |
| Devote (verb) | To commit oneself or one's resources to something. |
| Alter (verb) | To change. |
| Contact (n) | When two or more groups or objects come together. |
| Presidio (n) | A fort. |
| Plantation (n) | A large farm. |
| Found (verb) | To start, to establish. |
| Acquire (verb) | To get possession or control of. |
| Reformation (noun) | A sixteen century religous movemoent rejecting or changing some Rome Catholic teachings and practices and estaablishing 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 Alantic 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. |