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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cape | a point of land that sticks out into water, much like a peninsula |
| circumnavigate | to travel completly around something, usually by water |
| devote | to commit oneself or one's resources to something |
| alter | to change |
| conquistador | spanish explorer |
| immunity | resistance, such as to a 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 were converted to christianty |
| presido | a fort |
| plantatiom | a large farm |
| found | to start, to establish |
| reformation | a sixteenth century religious movement rejection or changing some roman Catholic teachings and practices and establishing protestant churches |
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| protestantism | a form of Christianity that was in oppostion |
| northwest passage | a sea passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans along the north coast of north america |
| widespread | over a wide area |
| tenant farmer | settler who pays rent or provides work to a landowner in exchange for the right to use landowners land |
| pose | to present; to offer |
| crusade | one of a series of expeditions Europeans made to regain control of christian holy sites in the middle eastfrom the A.D 1000s to the 1200s |
| classical | related to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome |
| renaissance | a reawakening of culture and intellectual curiosity in Europe from the 1300s to the 1600s |
| technolgy | 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 magnetic north |
| pilgrimage | a journey to a holy place |
| mosque | a Muslim house of worship |
| acquire | to get possession or control of |