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ch. 2
Exploring the Americas
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Crusade (n) | one of a series of expeditions Europeans made to regain control of Christian holy sites in the Middle East from the A.D. 1000s to the 1200s |
| Classical (adj) | related to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome |
| Renaissance (n) | a reawakeing of culture and intellectual curiostity in Europe from the 1300s to the 1600s |
| Technology (n) | the use of sceintific knowledge for practicle purposes |
| Astrolable (n) | an instrument used to plan a course, using the stars |
| Compass (n) | an instrument that shows the direction of magnetic north |
| Pilgrimage (n) | a journey to a holy place |
| Mosque (n) | a Muslim house of worship |
| Acquire (v) | to get possession or control of |
| Cape (n) | a point of land that sticks out into water, much like a peninsula |
| Devote (v) | to commit oneself or one's resources to something |
| Alter (v) | to change |
| Circumnavitage (v) | to travel completely around something, usually by water |
| Conquistador (n) | spanish explorer |
| Immunity (n) | resistance, such as to disease |
| Contact (v) | when two or more groups or objects come together |
| Pueblo (n) | a town in the Spanish-ruled lands |
| Mission (n) | a religious community where farming was carried out and native Americans were converted to Christianity |
| Presidio (n) | a fort |
| Plantation (n) | a large farm |
| Found (v) | to start, to establish |
| Reformation (n) | a sixteenth-century religious movement rejecting or changing some roman catholicc teaching and practices and establishing Protestant churches |
| Armanda (n) | a fleet of worships |
| Protestantism (n) | a form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic church |
| Northwest Passage (n) | a sea passage of Christianity that was in opposition to the catholic church |
| Tenant Farmer (n) | settler who pays rent or provides work to a landowner in exchange for the right to use the landowners land |
| Pose (v) | to present; to offer |