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Ch. 2 Explorers
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cape | a point of land that sticks out into water, much like a peninsula |
| Circumnavigate | to travel completely around something, usually by water |
| Devote | to commit oneself or one's resources to something |
| Alter | to change |
| Conquistadors | Spanish explorer |
| Immunity | resistance, such as to disease |
| Contact | when two or more groups or objects come together |
| Pueblo | a town in the Spanish-ruled lands |
| Mission | a religious community where farming was carried out and Native Americans were converted to Christianity |
| Presidio | a fort |
| Plantation | a large farm |
| found | to start, to establish |
| Reformation | a sixteenth-century religious movement rejecting or changing some Roman Catholic teachings and practices and establishing Protestant churches |
| Armada | a fleet of warships |
| Protestanism | a form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church |
| Northwest Passage | a sea passage between the Atlanic and the Pacific Oceans along the north coast of North America |
| Widespread | over a wide area |
| Tenant Farmer | settler who pays rent or provides work to a landowner in exchange for the right to use the landowner's land |
| Pose | to present; to offer |
| Crusade | one of a series of expeditions Europeans made to regain control of Christian holy sites in the Middle East from the A.D. 1000s to the 1200s |
| Classical | related to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome |
| Renaissance | a reawakening of culture and intellectual curiosity in Europe from the 1300s to the 1600s |
| Technology | the use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes |
| Astrolabe | an instrument used to plan a course, using the stars |
| Compass | an instrument that shows the direction of magnetic north |
| Pilgrimage | a journey to a holy place |
| Mosque | a Muslim house of worship |
| Acquire | to get possession or control of |