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Chapter 2
Exploring the Americans
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Crusade | one of a series of expeditions you have made to regain control Christian holy sites in the Middle East from ad 1,000s to the 12,000s |
| classical | related to the culture of ancient Greece and rome |
| Renaissance | a Reawakening of culture and intelltucal from Curiosity in Europe from the 1300s to the 1600s |
| technology | the use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes |
| Astrolabe | an instrument used to plan of 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 |
| cape | a point of land that sticks out into water much like a pennisula |
| cirrcunnavigate | to travel completely around something usually by water |
| conquistador | Spanish explorer |
| immunity | resistance such to as a disease |
| pueblo | a town of Spanish Ruled lands |
| mission | a religious community were forming was carried out and Native Americans were converted to Christianity |
| presidio | a fort |
| Plantation | a large farm |
| Reformation | a 16th century religious movement rejecting or changing some Roman Catholic teachings and establishing Protestant churches |
| Armanda | a fleet of Warships |
| protestantism | a form of Christianity that was in opposition to the catholic church |
| Northwest Passage | a sea passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean along the North coast of North America |
| tenant farmer | settler who pays rent or provides work to a landowner in exchange for the right use of landowners land |
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