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chapter 2
exploring the america
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| crusade | one of a series of expeditions Europeans made to regain control of |
| classical | related to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome |
| renaissance | a reawakening of culture and intellectual curiosity |
| astrolabe | an instrument used to plan a course using the stares |
| compass | an instrument that shows the direction of magnetic north |
| technology | |
| 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 peninsula |
| cicumnvigate | to travel completely around something,usually by water |
| conquistador | Spanish explor |
| immunity | resisrance,such as as to disease |
| pueblo | a town in the Spanish-ruled lands |
| mission | a religiouse community where farming was carried out and native Americans were converted to Christianity |