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Who kicked the Danes out of England?

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Alfred the Great

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What king signed the Magna Carta, which limited his powers and protected the nobles power?

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John

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Who fought against Harold of Essex and defeated him at the Battle of Hastings?

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William the conqueror

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Who was the king who set up the first treasury (exchequer) office and sent traveling judges to hear cases which weakened the lord’s power.

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Henry

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What king send others to survey people;s property for tax purposes?

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William

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Who was murdered by the King’s knights because he refused to allow his clergy to be tried in royal courts?

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Becket

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Under who’s direction did the legal system grow in England (civil and criminal cases and trial by jury)

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Henry II

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Who was the ruler of Germany who was also interested in the northern part of Italy. He also fought against the Lombard League.

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Frederick Barbarossa

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What great leader worked to make Germany a strong country and was also interested in Italy?

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Otto the Great

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What king was excommunicated from the church?

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Henry IV

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What pope fought with Henry IV for power?

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Gregory VII

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Which pope viewed kings/ emperors/ monarchs as “servants” of the church?

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Innocent III

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Who was the surviving son of Charlemagne but was a weak leader, and whose empire was divided among Charlemagne’s grandsons?

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Louis the Pious

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Who was known as the hammer? He defeated the Muslims at the battle of Tours and became a mayor- of- the- peace,

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Charles Martel

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Who was he King of Franks? His followers were called Merovingian. He was an able military leader.

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Clovis

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Who was the son of Pepin the Short. He was the greatest Frankish ruler. He was crowned “Emperor of the Romans. He united much of Europe.

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Charlemange

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17
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What are Maygyards?

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A nomadic group from Hungary

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18
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Who was the first Germanic ruler to accept Christianity?

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Clovis

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19
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was crowned king and in return received land and protection.

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Pepin the short

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This group came from the Scandinavian countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland) and Russia. They were the most feared throughout Europe.

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Vikings

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21
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These two groups invaded England

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Angles and Saxons

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22
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He discovered Iceland

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Leif Ericson

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23
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He discovered Greenland

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Eric the Red

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24
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Another name for the modern-day country of France

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Gaul

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25
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William the Conqueror sent out serveyors to count citizens’ properties for tax collection.

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Doomsday Book

26
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The House of Lords is made up of these two groups

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Clergy and Nobles

27
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The House of Commons is made up of these two groups

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Knights and Burgesses

28
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The legislative (law making) body of England

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Parliament

29
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This type of law is based on customs and judges decisions rather than written codes.

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Common Law

30
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This document limited King John’s powers and protected the rights of the nobles

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Magna Charta

31
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is the highest royal court in Paris

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Parliament of Paris

32
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This is the representative body of France

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Estates General

33
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The Estate was made up of the three groups. List the three groups in order from the top to the bottom.

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Clergy, Nobles, Townspeople (Commoners)

34
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Pope Gregory excommunicated King Henry IV here

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Canossa

35
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What limited the imperial power of the Church of France

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Concordat of Worms

36
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Frederick Barbarossa fought against this group and lost

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Lombard league

37
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the politica lorganization governed by local lords

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Feudalism

38
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The economic system in which large farms (manors) were self-sufficient

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Manorial System

39
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A grant of land given by the lord to his vassal

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Fief

40
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a lower lord who received a piece of land from the lord

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Vassal

41
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peasants who worked on the manor

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serfs

42
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A system of rules that dictated a knights behavior

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Chivalry

43
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the church’s law code

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Canon

44
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The act of buying high positions in the church

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Simony

45
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Ceremonies of the church, such as, Baptism and Marriage

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Sacriments

46
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the princes of the Church…they advice the pope

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Cardinals

47
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people who denied the Church’s teachings or who practiced the beliefs approved by the church

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Hererics

48
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The church’s attempt to seek out heretics and punish them

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Inquisition

49
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Dominant Influences of the Early Middle Ages: ____ heritage of the Roman Empire, ____ of the Roman Catholic Church and the ____ of the Germanic tribes.

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Classical, Beliefs, Customs

50
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By 500 AD, Germanic invasions had destroyed the urban world of the Roman Empire. ____ declines, ____ and order had vanished. _______ was no longer used.

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Trade, law, money

51
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____ means Middle Ages

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Medieval

52
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_________ were royal messengers who spied on Charlemagne’s people to male sure they were obeying the rules.

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Missi Dominici

53
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Where did Monks live, pray, and become educated and copied books?

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Monasteries

54
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The Vikings told _____ (long poems) and used Roman letters in their written language. They practiced ______ which was worshiping nature spirits and warlike gods. They were the last great invaders to descend on Western Europe.

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epics, paganism

55
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What are the 3 theories as to why the Vikings disappeared?

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  • The Vikings adopted Christianity so they were less likely to kill and pillage villagers.
  • Europe’s climate warmed so the Vikings no longer needed to explore her raid.
  • Europe developed a new political, military and social systems that successfully warded off Viking invasions.
56
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Feudalism stressed ______ of mutual protection between monarchs and nobles.

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Alliances

57
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What were soldiers on horseback?

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Calvary

58
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What is the ceremony in which a vassal promised obedience to a lord?

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Homage

59
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What are tournaments?

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mock battles to help knights practice for real battles

60
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A nobleman’s son began training for knighthood at the age of ___. He started as a ____ and then at age 14 he became a _____ who assisted the knight. Once he proved himself in battle he became a knight.

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7, Page, Squire

61
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Increased production (increase the cultivation of crops) was due to the following three improvements:

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  • Heavier type of plow.
  • Three crop rotation
  • The horse collar harness.
62
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  1. Few peasants lived beyond the age of ____. Famine and disease were constant dangers. Diet consisted of _____, _______ and _______. The peasants enjoyed dancing, singing, pageants, wrestling and archery.
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40, bread, vegetables, grains

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