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Holt World History
Chapter 17
Question | Answer |
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Eurasia | the large landmass that includes both Europe and Asia |
topography | the shape and elevation of land in a region |
Middle Ages | a period that lasted from about 500 to about 1500 |
medieval | another name for the Middle Ages |
Patrick | one of the first missionaries to travel to northern Europe |
monks | religious men who lived apart from society in isolated communities |
monasteries | communities of monks |
knights | warriors who fought on horseback |
vassal | a knight who pormised to support a lord in exchange for land |
feudalism | system of promises that governed the relationships between lords and vassals |
manor | large estate owned by a knight or lord |
serfs | workers who were tied to the land on which they lived |
chivalry | a code of honorable behavior for knights |
haiku | short, three-line poems of 17 syllables that describe nature |