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Chapter 2

Exploring the Americas

TermDefinition
Crusade Their purpose was to take back control of Christian holy sites
Classical Works those of ancient Greece and Rome
Renaissance Reawakening of cultures 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 Stars
Compass An instrument that you that shows the directions of magnetic north
Pilgrimage A journey to a holy place
mosque A Muslim House of Worship
cape I don't know for me that's sticks out into the water much like a peninsula
Circumnavigate to travel completely around something usually by water
Conquistor Spanish explorer
Immunity Resistance such as to disease
Pueblo A town in the Spanish Rule lands
Mission A religious humidity were forming was carried out and Native Americans work converted to Christianity
presidio A fort
Plantation A large farm
Reformation A 16th century religious movement rejection or changing some Roman Catholic teachings and practices that establishing protestant churches
Northwest Passage Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Tenant farmer To your acceler who pays rent or provides work to the landowner
Armada A fleet of warships
protestantism Warm up Christianity that up in opposition to the Catholic Church
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