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9th Grade Chapter 8
The Rise of Europe
Question | Answer |
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Capital | Money for investment |
Charter | Written document that set out the rights and privileges of a town. |
Chivalry | A code of conduct adopted by knights. |
Fief | An estate given to vassals. |
Tithe | The tax the church required the Christians to pay. |
Secular | Worldly |
Serf | A peasant who was bound to the land. |
Usury | Lending money at interest. |
Who did the Franks conquer? | The former Roman province of Gaul. |
What is Charlemange credited with? | The revival of the Latin learning. |
What was the manor economy based on? | farming and self-sufficiency. |
Why did some religious people want to reform the Church during Medieval Times? | The Church had grown corrupt. |
What were some new agricultural technologies used in the Middle Ages. | Use of iron plows, and horses instead of oxen, and the three-field system. |
How were feudal societies generally characterized? | an emphasis on social order |
Manorialism | It is an economic system that existed in Europe during the early Middle Ages. |
When did feudalism develop in Western Europe? | After the Roman Empire collapsed. |