expeditions whose purpose was to take back control of Christian holy sites
crusades
works from ancient Greece and Rome
classical
period of intellectual and artistic creativity
Renaissance
when scientific knowledge is put to practical use
technology
it measured the position of the stars and helped sailors find their latitude
astrolabe
piece of land jutting into the water
cape
something Europeans acquired from China that helped determine direction
compass
Muslim house of worship
Mosque
a religious journey
pilgrimege
sail completely around
circumnavigate
Spanish fort usually built near a mission in the Americas
presidio
Spanish towns in the Americas
pueblos
Spanish religious communities in the Americas
missions
explorers who had the right from Spain to explore and create settlements in the Americas
conquistadors
resistance to disease
immunity
large farm
plantation
Reformation
new form of christianity
Protestantism
war fleet
armada
direct water route to Asia through the Americas
Northwest Passage
settlers who were brought to estates by estate holders who paid rent and worked for their lord for a set period each year
tenant farmers