morris vocab quiz 1

Chapter 1 Vocabulary Terms

Ignore the terms crossed out.

1:Crusades

a set of 9 Christian expeditions that were meant to take back control of holy sites in the Middle East

2:Classical

works from ancient greece and rome

3:Renaissance

period of intellectual and artistic creativity

4:Technology

things used for practical purposes

5:Astrolabe

technology that measured position of stars

6:Compass

device that helps tell directions using magnets

8:Sagas

traditional stories

10:Circumnavigate

sail around the world

11:Conquistadors

spanish explorers

12:Contact

meeting

13:Immunity

resistance

14:Pueblos

spanish towns

15:Missions

religious communities that had churches, towns, etc

16:Presidio

type of fort built near a mission

17:Capitalism

an economic system in which people invest money in businesses to make profit

19:Finance

fund/sponsor

20:Joint

stock companies

21:Funds

money

22:Entrepreneurs

business leaders that combined money, ideas, materials, and labor to make goods

23:Mercantilism

theory that a nation becomes powerful by building up its metals

24:Bullion

gold and silver currency

25:Exporting

sending goods to foreign places

26:Colony

settlement of people living in a new territory controlled by their home country

27:Columbian Exchange

European countries traded goods, people, etc

28:Reformation

a change in ideas following Martin Luther’s ideas

29:Protestantism

a denomination of Catholicism following Luther’s teachings ( did not accept pope, etc)

31:Armada

warship fleet

32:Northwest Passage

a passage northwest leading to asia

33:Tenant Farmers

paid and worked for someone for a set period of time

35:Rule of Law

an idea hat the law should treat everyone equally

36:Covenant

an agreement between the Jews and God

37:Theology

study of religion or god

38:Contract

an agreement between two parties

39:Scientific Method

a scientific research process

40:Philosophe

thinkers who wanted to use reason to change society during the Age of Enlightenment

41:Document

an item that documents something.