ch. 9&10 Word Scramble
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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 |
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