Ch. 13 QUIZ
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| line of kings initiated by Henry 2 and so named for the sprig of the broom plant "plante genet" that Henry's father Geoffrey, count of Anjou, wore in his hat | Plantagenet
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| laws common to all Englishmen | common law
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| a group of people called to give a verdict, or true statement, in regard to a legal matter | trial by jury
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| known as the "Lion-Hearted" | Richard 1
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| the most hated king in English history | John
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| one of the most important documents in the history of the world | Magna Carta
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| the right of an arrested person to appear before a court to determine if his imprisonment is legal | habeas corpus
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| rules for exercise and restraint of governmental power; means to set up or to establish; a written plan which sets up a form of government and establishes its basic governing principles | constitution
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| One of the most important movements in the Middle Ages became most evident in what 4 countries? | England, France, Spain, Portugal
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| the earliest known inhabitants of the British Isles; descendants of people from the European mainland | Celts
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| a special group of Celtic men who acted as teachers, judges, and priests, conducted religious ceremonies which included human sacrifice | Druids
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| a mysterious monument that still stands in southern England; may have been an ancient Celtic worship site and observatory | Stonehenge
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| a Celtic hero remembered in poetry and prose | King Arthur
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| The Angles named the southern part of Britain what? | England or "Angleland"
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| wandering poets who devised long poems about war heroes and chanted them to their tribal chiefs for entertainment | Scops
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| the greatest Saxon poem that still remains and gives us a good idea of the warlike, barbaric manner of the Anglo-Saxons | Beowulf
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| a missionary appointed Pope Gregory 1 and began the enormous task of converting the Anglo-Saxon to Roman Catholicism | Augustine
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| the first archbishop of Canterbury | Augustine
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| the most influential church office in England | Canterbury
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| England officially accepted Romanism around what year? | 664
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| Who controlled most of England outside of Wessex (southern England and leading Saxon kingdom)? | Danes
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| the northeastern portion of England confined by the Danes | Danelaw
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| the first great king of England | Alfred the Great
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| a running account of current events of the Anglo-Saxons | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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| an important town located on the Thames River in southeastern Britain | London
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| the most powerful among the English nobles | Herald Godwin
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| battle in which William wished to settle an issue with Harold Godwin's forces | Battle of Hastings 1066
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| William's victory at the Battle of Hastings became known as what? | Norman Conquest
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| a count of people and property | Census
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| the book which contained the results of the inventory of King William's "property" | Domesday Book
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| the old assembly of nobles | Witan
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| a body composed only of his chief vassals | Great Council
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| the most important Norman king after William the Conqueror | Henry 1
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| that which was issued promising to end heavy taxation of the nobles and the church and not to abuse the power of the king | "Charter of Liberties"
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| a group of nobles and administrators who looked after the government's finances and acted as judges over revenue matters | Exchequer
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