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Germans (Chapter 16) Flashcards

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A payment imposed by Germanic courts to punish people

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Wergeld

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Visigoth chieftain who captured Rome in 410

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Alaric

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Leader of Asian invaders called Huns

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Attila

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The original homes of the Goths were here

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Balkan Peninsula

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German general who ruled Italy after the last Roman emperor

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Odoacer

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Driven out of Spain by the West Goths

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Romans and Vandals

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Germanic people also known as East Goths

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Ostrogoths

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The Vandals gained their reputation for destructiveness as pirates of this sea

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Mediterranean Sea

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Ostrogoth leader who became ruler of Italy

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Theodoric

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What happened during 476 A.D.

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Rome and Italy were ruled by generals and leaders of Germanic groups after this year

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Germanic god of thunder and war

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Thor

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Severe trial

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Ordeal

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In Germanic belief, this is where the spirits of warriors would feast and fight forever

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Valhalla

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Willful destruction of property

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Vandalism

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Germanic people known for their acts of destruction

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Vandals

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Military leader

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Chieftan

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Germanic people who defeated the Romans at Adrianople

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Visigoths

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The battle fought between the West Goths and the Romans

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The battle at Arianople

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Chief Germanic god of war, poetry, learning, ad magic

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Wodan

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Wodan’s son, god of thunder, and god of war

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Thor

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The Germans were looking for this when they came into Rome

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Warmer climate and new grazing land

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What happened during 550 A.D.

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About 80% of the Roman Empire was controlled by Germanic people

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Long thatched-roof houses with farmland around them

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Germanic settlement

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Something the Germans believed a great deal about

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Hospitality

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Germanic people gave their greatest loyalty to this

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Clan

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What is a blood feud

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Revenge sought by descendants of who quarreled

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