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Chapter 2
exploring the americas
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| crusaude | one of a series of expitions eurapeans made to regain control of christian holy sites in the middle east from ad 1000s to the 1200 |
| classical | related to the culture of ancient greec and rome |
| rennissance | a rewakening of culture and intellectual curiosity in europe from the 1300s to the 1600s |
| technology | the use of specific 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 |
| cape | a point of land that sticks out into water much llike a peninsula |
| circumnavigate | to travel completly around something usually by water |
| 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 |
| reformation | a sixteenth century religious movement rejected or changing some roman catholic teaching and practices and establishing preotestant churches |
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| protestantism | a form of christianity that was in opposition catholic church |
| northwest passage | a sea passage between the atlantic and the pacific oceqans along the north coast of north america. |
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