Chapter 2 Vocab
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| crusade | 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
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| classical | related to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome
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| Renaissance | a reawakening of culture and intellectual curiosity in Europe from the 1300s to the 1600s
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| technology | the use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
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| astrolabe | an instrument used to plan a course, using the stars
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| acquire | to get possession or control of
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| compass | an instrument that shows the direction of magnetic north
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| pilgrimage | a journey to a holy place
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| mosque | a Muslim house of worship
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| cape | a point of land that sticks out into water, much like a peninsula
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| devote | to commit oneself or one's resources to something
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| alter | to change
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| circumnavigate | to travel completely around something, usually by water
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| conquistador | Spanish explorer
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| contact | when two or more groups or objects come together
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| immunity | resistance, such as to disease
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| pueblo | a town in the Spanish-ruled lands
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| mission | a religious community where farming was carried out and Native Americans were converted to Christianity
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| presidio | a fort
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| found | to start, to establish
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| reformation | a sixteenth-century religious movement rejecting or changing some Roman Catholic teachings and practices and establishing the Protestant churches
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| protestantism | a form of Christianity that was in opposition to the Catholic Church
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| widespread | over a wide area
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| armada | a fleet of warships
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| northwest passage | a sea passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific along the north coast of North America
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| tenant farmer | settler who pays rent or provides work to a landowner in exchange for the right to use the landowner's land
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