Western europe

Question 1

The franks

Answer 1

a member of a Germanic people that conquered Gaul in the 6th century and controlled much of western Europe for several centuries afterward

Question 2

Pope

Answer 2

the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.

Question 3

Monk

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a member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience

Question 4

Missionary

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a person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country

Question 5

Nun

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a member of a religious community of women, especially a cloistered one, living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience

Question 6

Monastery

Answer 6

a building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows.

Question 7

Clovis

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a Paleo-Indian culture of Central and North America, dated to about 11,500–11,000 years ago and earlier. The culture is distinguished by heavy, leaf-shaped stone spearheads

Question 8

Charlemagne

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(“Charles the Great”) a.d. 742–814, king of the Franks 768–814; as Charles I, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 800–814

Question 9

Carolingian Dynasty

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of or relating to the Frankish dynasty that reigned in France a.d. 751–987, first under Charlemagne, and in Germany until a.d. 911

Question 10

Middle Ages

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the period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (5th century) to the fall of Constantinople (1453), or, more narrowly, from circa 1100 to 1453.

Question 11

Vikings

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any of the Scandinavian seafaring pirates and traders who raided and settled in many parts of northwestern Europe in the 8th–11th centuries.

Question 12

Mongols

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a native or inhabitant of Mongolia; a Mongolian.

Question 13

Genghis Khan

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(1162–1227), founder of the Mongol empire; born Temujin. He took the name Genghis Khan (‘ruler of all’) in 1206 after uniting the nomadic Mongol tribes, and by the time of his death his empire extended from China to the Black Sea

Question 14

Khanate

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the area governed by a khan.

Question 15

The golden horde

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The army of Mongol Tartars that overran eastern Europe in the 13th century, established a khanate in Russia, and maintained suzerainty there until the 15th century

Question 16

Feudalism

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the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord’s land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection

Question 17

Vassal

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a holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance.

Question 18

Knight

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(in the Middle Ages) a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor

Question 19

Fief

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an estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service.

Question 20

Chivalry

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the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.

Question 21

Manor

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a large country house with lands; the principal house of a landed estate.

Question 22

Serf

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an agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord’s estate.

Question 23

The franks

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a member of a Germanic people that conquered Gaul in the 6th century and controlled much of western Europe for several centuries afterward

Question 24

Pope

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the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.

Question 25

Monk

Answer 25

a member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.