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Middle Ages Flashcards

1
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The large landmass that includes both Europe and Asia

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Eurasia

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The shape and elevation of land in a region

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Topography

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A period that lasted from about 500 to about 1500

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Middle Ages

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4
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Another name for the Middle Ages

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Medieval

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5
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One of the first missionaries to travel to Northern Europe

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Patrick

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Religious men who lived apart from society in isolated communities

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Monks

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Communities of Monks

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Monasteries

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An Italian Monk who is the creator of most European monasteries rules.

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Benedict

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9
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A leader of the Franks

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Charlemagne

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10
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Warriors who fought on horseback

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Knights

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A knight who promised to support a lord in exchange for land

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Vassal

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Historians call this system of promises that governed the relationships between lords and vassal

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Feudalism

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13
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He slayed England and declared himself king

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William the Conqueror

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The large estate owned by a knight or lord

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Manor

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Workers who were tied to the land on which they lived

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Serfs

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16
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Europeans called their code of honorable behavior for knights

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Chivalry

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17
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Short, three-line poems of 17 syllables that describe nature scenes

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Haiku

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18
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Mild and cooler wetter with more rain

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Northern Europe

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19
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Warm and sunny, drier with less rain

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Southern Europe

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20
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Towns grew and many lived on the valley where it was flat to land

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Southern Europe

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21
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Towns grew along rivers which had access to the oceans

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Northern Europe

22
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After ___ ___ __ _____ groups moved to Europe and they divided and were kings

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The Fall of Rome

23
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The creation of kingdoms was the beginning of what

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The Middle Ages

24
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________________ spread slowly north through _____________ and _____

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Christianity, missionaries, monk

25
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Most powerful of the __________ groups was the ____

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religious, Pope

26
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The ____ helped the pope ran _______ and books

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Pope, schools

27
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__________ was liked because he was a strong king and a fierce warrior.

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Charlemagne

28
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He conquered many kingdoms like _______, _____, ________, and ______

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France, Germany, Austria, and Spain

29
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____ ___ crowned ________ the King of the Holy Roman Empire

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Leo III, Charlemagne

30
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He was a great admirer of _______ and built many __________

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education, schools

31
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The capital was _______

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Aachen

32
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Some of the great religious ________ and ________

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scholars, teachers

33
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Invaders of Europe were ______, _______, and _______

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Muslim, Magyars, and Vikings

34
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Invaders made it so kings couldn’t fight and defend so the answer was ___________

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Feudalism

35
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_____ grew in power and ___ grew less in power because of Feudalism

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Nobles, Kings

36
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The best of soldiers were _______

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Knights

37
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Fief also means what

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land

38
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Nobles who gave land to a knight

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Lords

39
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_____ sent help to ______ if attacked

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Lords, Vassals

40
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____ couldn’t punish _____ for no good reason

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Lords, Vassals

41
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If a _____ fails to do what hes supposed to for their Vassals the promises were ________

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Lord, broken

42
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____ gave money to ______ on _________ _________ . They also gave them _____ and ______-

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Vassals. Lords, Special Ossacions. Food, Shelter

43
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_________ ___ _________ was the Duke of Normandy from France

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William the Conqueror

44
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_______ __ __________ invaded England, declared himself king and brought _________ with him

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William the Conqueror, Feudalism

45
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The ____ ______ dominated Europe’s ___________

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Manor System, Economy

46
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Manors had what

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Large homes and lots of land

47
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_____ weren’t slaves but couldn’t leave their ______ with out the ____ permission

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Serfs, Manors, Lords

48
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They ___________ _____ from the _____

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collected taxes, Serfs

49
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_______ __ _________ had great political power and became the _____ __ _______

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Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of England

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