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Chapter 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Crusade | One of a series of expeditions Europeans made to regain control of Christan holy sites in the Middle East from the A.D. 1000s to the 1200s |
| Classical | related to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome |
| Renissance | a rewaking 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 courde 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 |
| cape | a point of land that sticks out into water much like a pininsula |
| devote | to commit oneself or ones resources to something |
| alter | to change |
| circumnavigate | to travel completely around something usually by water |
| conquistador | Spanish explorer |
| immunity | resistance such as to disease |
| 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 16th century religious movement rejecting or changing some Roman Catholic teachings and practicing and establishing Protestant churches |
| armada | a fleet or warship |
| protestantism | a form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church |
| northwest passage | A sea passage between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans along the North coast of North America |
| tenant farmer | a 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 |
| aquire | to get possesion or control of |
| contact | when two or more groups or objects come together |
| widespread | over a wide area |