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True or false

Powerful nobles gained more dominace

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True

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2
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Arrange in chronological order

a. Vikings became part of the european civilization
b. danes occupied northeastern England
c. Groups of Norway settled in Ireland
d. Vikings begun to build winter settlements in different areas of Europe

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D
C
B
A

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It became a source of incessant struggle between the other two Franklish rules and their heirs

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The Middle Kingdom

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They are people from Western Asia who launched forays into Western Europe?

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Magyars

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They were warriors whose love for adventures and search for booty

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Vikings

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Extended from the North sea to the Mediterranean

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Middle kingdom

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True or false

Carolingian rulers got along with each other

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False, they fought with each other

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30 years later

The carolingian empire was divided into how many and among who?

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Divided into THREE among his GRANDSONS

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Where was the battle of Lechfeld

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Germany

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Groups from Norway settled where?

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Ireland

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They were converted into Christians after they were crushed in the Battle of Lechfeld

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Magyars

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They were also known to us as The Vikings

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Northmen or Norsemen of Scandinavia

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14
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It became Germany

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Eastern lands

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The Magyars established the kingdom of what?

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Kingdom of Hungary

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The grant of land made to a vassal is called what?

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Fief

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17
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This led become part of the European civilization

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Conversion to Christianity

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18
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The kingdom of Hungary was established by who?

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Magyars

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Warfare in Europe will be dominated by heavily armored cavalry also know as what?

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Knights

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20
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What is the core of the eventual kingdom of France?

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The Western Frankish lands

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21
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It was an agricultural estate operated by a lord and worked by peasants

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Manor

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The three divided sections of the carolingian empire

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Western frankish lands
Eastern lands
“Middle kingdom”

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The Viking “dragon ships” carried about how many men?

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50 men

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24
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The contract sworn between a lord and a subordinate is called what?

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Feudalism

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26
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Larger horses and stirrups were introduced by who?

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Nomadic horsemen from Asia

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27
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By the ninth century, how many percent of the population of western Europe had become serfs?

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60%

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They are located on the fiefs which provided the economic sustenance that made this way of life possible

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Landed estates

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29
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Which was beset by a wave of invasions in the 9th and 10th century?

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Western Europe

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30
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They attacked Southern Europe and sent raiding parties to Southern France

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Muslims

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30
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Occupied northeastern England

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Danes

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31
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True or false

Feudalism was always a cohesive system

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False

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33
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Horsemen wore armor in forms of what

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Coats of mail

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34
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The Magyars were crushed at the battle of what?

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Battle of Lechfeld

35
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They are the lord’s subordinate

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Vassal

36
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These changes also furthered the development of farming

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Technological changes

37
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In the early middle ages where there was little trade wealth was primarily based on what?

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Land

38
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It was a piece of land held from the lord by a vassal in return for military service

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Fief

39
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Fief-holding also became increasingly complicated with the development of what?

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Subinfeudation

40
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They were long and narrow with beautifully carved arched prows

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Viking ships

42
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What began to disintegrate after CHARLEGMAGNE died?

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Carolingian Empire

44
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What is the major obligation of a vassal to his lord?

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Perform military service for about 40 days a year

45
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What is the major obligation of the lord to his vassal?

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Protection

46
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Who gave a band of Vikings land at the mouth if Seine River?

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The ruler of western Frankish lands

47
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It is land retained by the lord which might consist of 1/3 to 1/2 of the cultivated lands scattered throughout the manor

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Demesne

48
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Where were windmills invented?

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Persia

49
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Serfs worked about how many days a week?

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3

50
Q

Laborsaving devices were mostly made of what?

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Iron

51
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She assisted her sons in rebelling against Henry

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Eleanor of Aquitaine

52
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They were bound to the land and required to provide labor services, pay rents, and be subject to the lord’s jurisdiction?

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Serfs

53
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Seine River became a territory known as what ?

A

Normandy

53
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In what century were larger horses along with the stirrup began to be used ?

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8th century

53
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They came to have the greatest social prestige and formed the backbone of European aristocracy

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Knights

53
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They were used to grind grain into flour

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Watermills

54
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It made a forceful presence in every area of life

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Recovery of the Catholic Church

56
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What is the population of Europe in the high middle ages?

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74 million

57
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It is an economic system in which people invested in trade and goods

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Commercial capitalism

58
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What was the reason for the increase of population?

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peace after the invasions has ended

59
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It was crucial in making the carruca

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Iron

60
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What are the factors that resulted in better growing conditions ( agricultural )

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Improvement in climate and expansion of cultivated or arable land

60
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Who are the ones responsible for draining swamps and cutting down trees to accomplish cultivated or arable land?

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Peasants

61
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Who did Eleanor marry after the annulment between her and King Louis?

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Henry the duke of Normandy and count of Anjou

62
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They were constructed to increase the water power

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Dams

63
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They were the most important devices for the harnessing of power before the invention of the steam engine in the 18th century

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Watermills and windmills

64
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What’s the population of Europe in the early middle ages?

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About 38 million

65
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The peasant’s daily diet is what?

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Bread

66
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True or false

Many Western nobles loved war

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True

67
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Who somewhat dominated her husband?

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Eleanor of Aquitaine

68
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It is a heavy, wheeled plow with an iron plowshare pulled by teams of horses which could turn over the heavy clay soil north of the Alps

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Carruca

69
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It represented a code of ethics that knight were supposed to uphold

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Chivalry

70
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They were expected to treat captives as honored guests instead of throwing them in dungeons

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Knights

71
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They made use of the cam in operating trip-hammers for hulling rice by the third century

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The Chinese

71
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They are nobility of people who held real political, economic and social power

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Aristocracy

72
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They were known for its high-quality wooden cloth

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Towns of Flanders

73
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Who is the husband of Eleanor?

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King Louis VII of France

74
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He became King Henry II of England

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Henry duke of Normandy

75
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What enabled the Vikings to sail up European rivers and attack places at some distance inland?

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Shallow draft

76
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This method prevented soil from being exhausted so quickly and more crops could now be grown

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The rotation of crops

77
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They are two Venetian merchant brothers

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Niccolo and Maffeo Polo

78
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They enabled millwrights to mechanize entire industries

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The development of cam

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