American History Flashcards

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Renaissance

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Reawaking culture and intellectual curosity in Europe.

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Magnetic Compass

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A device that is used to find direction by means of a needle that always points north.

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Caravel

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A small, fast portuguese ship, usually having three sails.

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Cape

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A point of land that sticks out into water.

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5
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Circumnavigate

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To travel completely around something.

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6
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Conguistador

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Spanish explorer in the Americas during the 1500s.

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Presidio

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A fort.

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Export

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To sell goods to other Countries.

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Colony

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A settlement Of people living in a new territory controlled by the home country.

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Armada

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A fleet of warships.

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crusades

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A series of European Expeditions made to reign Christians holy sites.

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classical

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related to the culture of Rome.

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13
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astrolabe

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an instrument that uses positions of the stars to plan a course.

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pueblo

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a communal Native American structure.

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15
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mission

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Religious community where Native Americans were converted to Christianity.

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16
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mercantilism

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an economic theory that a nations power depends on its ability to increase wealth.

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reformation

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a religious movement that rejected or changed some roman catholic teachings.

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Protestantism

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a form of Christianity that began in opposition to the catholic church.

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Northwest passage

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a much sought sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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Columbian Exchange

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A global trade of people, goods, technology, ideas, and diseases.