Section 12 Vocab Flashcards
Leif Ericson
a Norwegian explorer said to have discovered a place in North America called Vinland
Ferdinand and Isabella
a king and queen of Spain. They united their country and sponsored the exploration of the New World by Christopher Columbus
feudalism
a system of obligations that bound lords and their subjects in Europe during much of the Middle Ages
fief
a landed estate given by a lord to a vassal; the vassal could use the fief as long as he remained loyal
Genghis Khan
a Mongolian general and emperor known for his military leadership and great cruelty
Lady Godiva
She supposedly rode naked through her town of Coventry to save the people from an oppressive tax
guilds
organizations of artisans in the Middle Ages that sought to regulate the price and quality of products
Johann Gutenberg
German printer of the fifteenth century who invented the printing press; The Gutenberg Bible was the first book printed from movable type
Hammurabi
a king of ancient Mesopotamia who put the laws of his country into a formal code; eye for and eye
Hannibal
a general from Carthage; during the second Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome, Hannibal took an army of over 100,000 supported by elephants, from Spain into Italy in an effort to conquer Rome
Battle of Hastings
1066 Invaders from the French province of Normandy led by William the Conqueror defeated the English forces under Harold. William declared himself king
Henry VIII
Henry established himself as head of the Christian Church in England after the pope refused to allow his marriage to Catherine of Aragon to be dissolved
Herodotus
an ancient Greek historian often called the father of history, recorded the facts as they happened without bias
hieroglyphics
the ancient Egyptians form of writing with pictures that represent words or sounds
Holy Roman Empire
a major political institution in Europe that lasted form the ninth to the nineteenth centuries
