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Chapter 2
Exploring the Americns
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| crusade | one of a series of expectations 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 ancent Greece and Rome |
| Renaissance | a rewakening 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 hsowws the intention 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 peninula |
| 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 Americns were converted to Christanity |
| presidio | a fort |
| plantation | a large farm |
| Reformation | a sixteen century religious movement rejecting or changing some Roman Catholic teachings and practices and establishing Protestant churches |
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| Protestantism | a form of Christanity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church |
| Northwest Passage | a sea passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans along the north coast of North America |
| tenant farmer | settler who pays rent or provide work to a landowners in exchange for the right to use the landowners land |
| found | to start, to establish |
| acquire | to get possession or control of |
| devote | to commit oneself or ones resources to something |
| alter | to change |
| contact | when two or more groups or objects come together |
| widespread | over a wide area |
| pose | to present; to offer |