Chapter 19 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
fjord | a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes |
missionaries | people who are sent by a religions organization to spread the faith |
concordat | agreement between the pope and the ruler of a country |
feudalism | political order, under feudalism, nobles governed and protected people in return for services |
vassal | a low-ranking noble under the protection of a feudal lord |
fief | a feudal estate belonging to a vassal |
knight | a mounted man-at-arms serving a lord |
chivalry | the system, spirit, or customs of medieval knighthood |
serf | a member of the peasant class tied to the land and subject to the will of the landowner |
guild | a group of merchants or craftspeople |
grand jury | a group of citizens that meets to decide whether people should be accused of a crime |
trial jury | a group of citizens that decides whether an accused person is innocent or guilty |
theology | the study of religious faith, practice, and experience |
scholasticism | a way of thinking |
vernacular | the everyday spoken language of a region |
mass | religous worhsip service for Catholic Christians |
heresy | ideas that go against church teachings |
anti-Semitism | hostility toward or discrimination against Jews |
plague | a disease that spreads quickly and kills many people |
Reconquista | the Christian "reconquest" of the Iberian peninsula |
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Cheryl Snyder Reid
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