Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
ch. 9&10
Europe flascards
| Word | Defenition |
|---|---|
| Eurasia | the large landmass that includes both asia and europe |
| topography | the shape and elevation of land |
| middle ages | a period that lasted from about 500-1500 in europe |
| medieval | reffering to the middle ages |
| Patrick | Christian saint he converted the people of Ireland to Christianity |
| monk | a religious man who lived apart from society in an isolated place community. |
| monastery | a community of monks |
| Benedict | Italian monk and saint he created a set of rules |
| Charlemagne | King of Franks; strong leader |
| knight | A warrior in medieval Europe |
| vassal | A knight who promised to support a lord in exchange for land in Medieval Europe. |
| Feudalism | the system of obligation that governed the relationships between lords |
| William the Conqueror | Powerful French nobel who conquered England |
| manor | a large estate owned by a knight or lord |
| serf | A worker in medieval Europe who was tied to the land on which he or she lived |
| Eleanor of Aquitaine | Queen of France and England she was one of the most powerful women in Europe during the middle ages |
| chivalry | the code of honorable behavior for medieval knights |
| haiku | A type of Japanese poem with three lines and seventeen syllables |
| role | assigned behavior |
| elements | parts |
| excommunicate | to cast out from the church |
| pope gregory VII | a powerful medieval pope he fought with holy Roman emperor Henry IV over the power to choose church officials |
| Emperor Henry IV | Holy Roman emperor he fought against pope Gregory VII |
| Crusades | a long series of wars between Christians and Muslims in southwest asia fought for control of the holy land. |
| Holy Land | the region on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean sea were Jesus lived preached and died. |
| Pope Urban II | Medieval pope he called on Christians to launch the first crusade. |
| King Richard I | King of England he led Christians in the first crusade. |
| Saladin | Muslim general he led the muslim forces during the third crusade |
| clergy | church officials |
| religious order | a group of people who dedicate their lives to religion and follow common rules |
| francis of assisi | Italian saint he encouraged people to be kind to others and founded the Franciscan order. |
| friars | a member of a religious order who lived and worked among the public. |
| Thomas Aquinas | Dominican Philosopher he argued that rational thought could be used to support Christian belief |
| natural law | a law that people could believed God had created to govern how the world operated |
| Magna Carta | A document signed in 1215 |
| Parliament | the lawmaking body that governs England |
| Hundred Years' war | a long conflict between England and France that lasted from 1337 to 1453 |
| Joan of Arc | French peasant girl she rallied the french troops in the Hundred Years' war. |
| Black Death | A deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351 |
| Heresy | religious ideas that oppose accepted church teachings |
| Reconquista | the effort of christian kingdoms in northern Spain to retake land from the moors. |
| King Ferdinand | king of Spain he and his wife isabella completed the reconquista |
| Queen Isabella | Queen of castle in Spain |
| Spanish Inquisition | an organization of priests in Spain that looked for and punished anyone suspected of practicing their old religion |
| authority | power, right to rule |
| policy | rule, course of action |
Created by:
Pandabear<3.
Popular European History sets