Early middle ages 5,1/5,4

Question 1

Great migration period

Answer 1

period in which the Germanic tribes moved into the Western Roman empire (c. 375-600)

Question 2

Franks

Answer 2

most powerful of the Germanic tribes after the collapse of the Western Roman empire

Question 3

Lord

Answer 3

medieval word for rulers, such as kings

Question 4

Warrior culture

Answer 4

culture in which fights and battles are ways to achieve honour and power

Question 5

Vassal

Answer 5

Follower of a lord with special rights

Question 6

Clovis

Answer 6

First Frankish king who united all Franks

Question 7

Baptism

Answer 7

A ritual through which someone becomes Christian

Question 8

Charlemagne

Answer 8

King of the Franks; he united most of western Europe into one empire

Question 9

feudal system

Answer 9

medieval government system based on the bond between a lord and his vassal

Question 10

Fief

Answer 10

the land a lord a lord lent to a vassal

Question 11

Pledge fealty

Answer 11

to swear loyalty

Question 12

Knights

Answer 12

Vassals who became military specialists

Question 13

castles

Answer 13

fortified structures, often surrounded by a deep moat

Question 14

Manor system

Answer 14

system in which lords provided security to their serfs in return for their services

Question 15

Manor

Answer 15

large piece of adjoining land

Question 16

Serfs

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farmers who depended entirely on their lord and were not allowed to leave the manor

Question 17

Corveé labour

Answer 17

services that a farmer had to preform for their lord

Question 18

Self-sufficient

Answer 18

when people are able to produce everything they need themselves

Question 19

hermits

Answer 19

People who moved to deserted places to devote their lives to god

Question 20

church fathers

Answer 20

Christian thinkers who studied and explained the Christian scriptures

Question 21

monks

Answer 21

male inhabitants of a monastery who pray, sing and work together

Question 22

Nuns

Answer 22

Female inhabitants of a monastery

Question 23

Monasteries

Answer 23

Buildings used by people who devote their lives to god; also called abbeys

Question 24

to convert

Answer 24

to adopt a new religion

Question 25

missionary

Answer 25

someone who goes on a mission to new places to spread their religion

Question 26

Willibrord

Answer 26

missionary who spread the Christian faith in North-West Europe

Question 27

Pagans

Answer 27

people who don’t believe in the Christian god

Question 28

Relics

Answer 28

pieces that are perceived to be the remains or belongings of saints and martyrs

Question 29

bedouins

Answer 29

nomadic tribes that lived in Arabia

Question 30

Muhammad

Answer 30

the prophet and, according to Muslims, messenger of Allah, who laid the foundation of Islam

Question 31

Revelations

Answer 31

visions or other forms of communication received from a god

Question 32

Quran

Answer 32

book that contains all the revelations Muhammad received from Allah.

Question 33

Prophet

Answer 33

person seen as a messenger from god

Question 34

Islam

Answer 34

monotheistic religion started by Muhammad in the 7th century

Question 35

Muslims

Answer 35

The followers of Muhammad, who believed in god: Allah

Question 36

Hijrah

Answer 36

the flight of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in the year 622

Question 37

Ummah

Answer 37

community of Muslims

Question 38

Jihad

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striving to live according to god’s rules

Question 39

Caliph

Answer 39

political and religious leader of the Islam

Question 40

Islamic Golden Age

Answer 40

a period of cultural, economic, and scientific development in the Islamic Empire (8th - 13th century)