Section 12 Vocab Flashcards

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Leif Ericson

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a Norwegian explorer said to have discovered a place in North America called Vinland

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Ferdinand and Isabella

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a king and queen of Spain. They united their country and sponsored the exploration of the New World by Christopher Columbus

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feudalism

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a system of obligations that bound lords and their subjects in Europe during much of the Middle Ages

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fief

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a landed estate given by a lord to a vassal; the vassal could use the fief as long as he remained loyal

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5
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Genghis Khan

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a Mongolian general and emperor known for his military leadership and great cruelty

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Lady Godiva

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She supposedly rode naked through her town of Coventry to save the people from an oppressive tax

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guilds

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organizations of artisans in the Middle Ages that sought to regulate the price and quality of products

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Johann Gutenberg

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German printer of the fifteenth century who invented the printing press; The Gutenberg Bible was the first book printed from movable type

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Hammurabi

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a king of ancient Mesopotamia who put the laws of his country into a formal code; eye for and eye

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Hannibal

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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

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Battle of Hastings

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1066 Invaders from the French province of Normandy led by William the Conqueror defeated the English forces under Harold. William declared himself king

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12
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Henry VIII

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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

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13
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Herodotus

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an ancient Greek historian often called the father of history, recorded the facts as they happened without bias

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hieroglyphics

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the ancient Egyptians form of writing with pictures that represent words or sounds

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Holy Roman Empire

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a major political institution in Europe that lasted form the ninth to the nineteenth centuries

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16
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homage

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under feudalism the vassal pledged to serve the lord and the lord to protect the vassal

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Hundred Years’ War

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between France and England; kings of England invaded France trying to claim the throne

18
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Huns

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a tribe from western Asia known for their cruelty and destructiveness

19
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ides of March

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March 15 44 B.C. on which Julius Caesar was assassinated

20
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Incas

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center of their empire was in present-day Peru; Francisco Pizarro of Spain conquered the Inca Empire