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chapter 2
Exploring the Amaricans
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| crusade | each of a series of medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to the Holy Land in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries. |
| classical | relating to ancient Greek or Latin literature, art, or culture. |
| Renaissance | every Awakening 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 |
| Acquire | To get possession or control of |
| Cape | a point of land that sticks out into water, much like a peninsula |
| Devote | to commute oneself or one's resources to something |
| Alter | to change |
| Circumnavigate | To travel completely around something, usually by water |
| Conquistador | 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 who 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 teaching and practices and establishing protestant churches |
| Armada | a fleet of Warships |
| Protestantism | a form of Christianity that was an 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 to use the landowner’s land |
| Posed | to present; two offer |