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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what does fief mean | land |
| temperate | mild temperture |
| deforstation | the process of clearing land and trees |
| navigable | able to be traveled by boats |
| Eurasia | worlds largest land mass Europe and Asia |
| Middle Ages | period after the fall of rome |
| Manor | largest self suffiecent astate owned by a lord |
| serf | a person that has to work on a nobles manor |
| lord | noble who owned a manor |
| Fuedalism | way of organizing based on land and service |
| vassal | served lord/given a fief |
| guild | group of craftworkers who set standers |
| Magna Carta | a leagal document in England limited kings power increased lords power |
| cathedral | large important christian church |
| crusade | journey by christians to gain control of Jerusalem |
| plague | terrible disease / spreds quickly kills many |
| saint | very holly manor women |
| Renaissance | rebirth/ period of great culteral and artistic change |
| Humanism | focused on human values and acheivments |
| patron | supporter of the arts |
| indulgence | to pay catholic church for forgiveness |
| reform | change improve by making changes |
| reformation | bring change to catholic church |
| Protestanism | a religeon started by people who protested the catholic church |
| Armada | fleet of war ships |
| the middle ages was often called the | age of christ |
| name at least 3 benefits rivers and seas have given Europe | a-transportation b-water power c-food |
| what effects did the breackdown of Roman rule have on Europe | a-Trade decline b-lord established manors c-small kingdoms developed d-serfs were bound to manors |
| Who were the Franks ? | ruled Gaul based in what today is France:Invaded Rome |
| How did Charlemagne make his court a center of learning | Filled his court with scholars, poets, and musicians |
| At the age of seven, the son of a noblecould begin training to become a | Knight |
| name the three stagesof becoming a knight: | a. page b. squire c. knight |
| what 3 dutiesdid serfs have to their feudal masters | taxes, farmed ,ask to marry |
| who were the vikings | Invaders or Norsemen |
| what 2 things were they searching for | Riches and Land |
| the first norman king of England was | wiliam 1-st |
| what effects did the Manga Lord have on the relationship with Englands lords and kings | king: limited power Lord: gained rights |
| a point view is | position of rome witch someone looks at the world |
| it is shaped by | his or her backrounds |
| what became central to life in almost every one in Europe | christianity |
| were men who devoted thier life to religion and lived in what? | monks and lived in monastenes |
| were women who devoted thier life to religion and lived in | nuns' lived in convents |
| the christians church split into the churchbased in constanople called | Easter |
| blank and the churchbased in Rome known as the | orthadox,and Roman catholicism |
| the first crusade was | journey to gain control of jerusalem |
| what was the Black Death? | a plague or disease in Europe killed 1/3 people, carried fleas and rats |
| the Renaissance began where? but soon spreadto all of Europe | florence, Italy |
| why was this period called "a rebirth" | Time of renewed interest or rebirth of achievments in ancient times;loked to the old , improvedupon it , and renewed it |
| the huminist, blank, and a, blank, spoke about blank or paying to be forgiven by the Priest | erasmus, martin luther king, and they talked about indulgence |
| Martin luther's 95 theses started the | reformation |
| how did the printing pressaffect the spread of luther's idea | It helped spread his criticism of Roman church and translation of the Bible |
| what effect did luther's activities have on western chistianity | split it in half |
| the divisions were | Roman catholcism b. protetanism |