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100 Drill Questions for the Middle Ages Flashcards

1
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Barbarian tribe that sacked Rome in 410 AD

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Visigoths

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Leader of the tribe that sacked Rome in 410 AD

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Alaric

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3
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Roman general who was major rival of Alaric

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Stilicho

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4
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To surround with hostile forces

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besiege

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5
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The “Scourge of God” and “Fear of the World”

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Attila the Hun

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6
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The armies that joined forces to defeat the Huns at Chalon

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Romans and Visigoths

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7
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Roman general who defeated Attila

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Aetius

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8
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General who defeated Attila after the death of his father on the battlefield

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Thorismond

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9
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Person who persuaded Attila not to attack Rome

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Pope Leo I

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10
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Vandal king who conquered North Africa

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Genseric

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11
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Roman noble who murdered Valentinium to gain control of Roman throne

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Maximus

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12
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Widow of Valentinian who enlisted Vandal aid

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Eudoxia

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13
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Leader of the tribe that sacked Rome in 455 AD

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Genseric the Vandal

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14
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Roman general who fled in shame after Genseric set Roman fleet on fire

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Basilicus

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15
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Last emperor of the Western Roman Empire

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Romulus Augustulus

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16
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Barbarian responsible for the fall of Rome in 476 AD

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Odoacer

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17
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Ostrogoth king who killed Odoacer, taking possession of Roman Empire

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Theodoric

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18
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Established monastery with vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience

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Benedict

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19
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Benedictine monk who became Pope and reorganized the church

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Gregory I

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20
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King of the Franks who converted to Christianity in 496 AD

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Clovis

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21
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Roman general defeated by the King of the Franks, a mere boy

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Syagrius

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22
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Christian wife of Clovis

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Clotilde

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23
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Emperor who reconquered Rome and North Africa for the Roman Empire

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Justinian

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24
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Justinian’s great generals

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Belisarius and Narses

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25
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Codified Roman law that became basis of much of today’s European law

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Code of Justinian

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26
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Founder of Islam

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Mohammed

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27
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Holy book of the Muslims

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Koran

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28
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First convert to Islam

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Khadijah

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29
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Flight from Mecca that marks start of Islamic calendar

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Flight of the Hejira

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30
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Date of Mohammed’s flight from Mecca

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622 AD

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31
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Muslim holy city, birthplace of Mohammed

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Mecca

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32
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Frank who established the Church as a state in Italy

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Pepin the Short

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33
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Frank who defeated the Muslims at Tours, ending Muslim expansion into Europe

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Charles Martel

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34
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Muslim general defeated at battle of Tours

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Abd-er-Rahman

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35
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King of France crowned Roman Emperor in 800 AD

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Charlemagne

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36
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Muslim leader of an Islamic country

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caliph

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37
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Muslim leader who admired Charlemagne and sent him a clock and an elephant

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Harun-al-Rashid

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38
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First king to rule England as a united kingdom

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Egbert the Saxon

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39
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Missionary who spread Christianity throughout Ireland

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St. Patrick

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40
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Viking king who won Normandy from the French in a peace agreement

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Rollo

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41
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King of France who let the Vikings become French vassals in return for land

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Charles the Simple

42
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He would kiss no one’s foot

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Rollo the Viking

43
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King of England who built the first British navy and conquered the Danes

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Alfred the Great

44
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King of the Germans who conquered the Magyars

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Henry the Fowler

45
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Danish king who invaded England and took English crown

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Sweyn

46
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Anglo-Saxon king who fled to Normandy when defeated by Danes

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Ethelred the Unready

47
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He hated flattery and could not hold back the tides

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Canute

48
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Son of Sweyn who ruled England with Edmund Ironside, until Edmund’s death

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Canute

49
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First German ruler to take the title of Holy Roman Emperor

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Otto

50
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Spanish hero and soldier who defeated the Muslim Moors

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El Cid

51
Q

Saxon king of England would rather be in church and who died without an heir

A

Edward the Confessor

52
Q

King of Scotland who was killed by Macbeth

A

Duncan

53
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Son of slain King of Scotland who drove Macbeth out and took throne

A

Malcolm

54
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Norman who came to England to claim the throne - and took it

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William the Conqueror

55
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Battle marking the end of Saxon reign in England and the beginning of Norman reign

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battle of Hastings

56
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Saxon king of England defeated and killed by Norman army

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Harold Godwinson

57
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Native of Normandy descended from Norsemen

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Norman

58
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Date of the battle of Hastings

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1066 AD

59
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Holy Roman Emperor who was excommunicated for refusal to recognize the authority of the Pope

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Henry IV

60
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Pope who excommunicated the Holy Roman Emperor, but died in exile

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Gregory VII

61
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Pope who called for the First Crusade

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Urban II

62
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Muslim rulers of Jerusalem after 1070 AD

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Turks

63
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Series of wars to take the Holy Land from the Muslims

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Crusades

64
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Leader of the First Crusade army, who became king of the Holy Land

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Godfrey of Bouillon

65
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Monk who took up cause of First Crusade

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Peter the Hermit

66
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German emperor who drowned in his armor on the way to the Holy Land

A

Frederick Barbarossa

67
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Leader of the Muslims in their recapture of Jerusalem

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Saladin

68
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English king who accidentally had the Archbishop of Canterbury put to death

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Henry II

69
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Archbishop of Canterbury who was murdered by the king’s men

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Thomas Becket

70
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Henry II’s “turbulent priest”

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Thomas Becket

71
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Henry II’s wife

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Eleanor of Aquitaine

72
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Lion-hearted king of England who led the Third Crusade

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Richard I

73
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King of France who fought in two crusades and was sainted for his piety

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St. Louis IX

74
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Most valuable document ever granted by a sovereign to his people; signed at Runnymede in 1215 AD

A

Magna Carta

75
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Order of monks that did not separate itself from the world

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Franciscans

76
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Order of monks devoted to spreading Christian education

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Dominicans

77
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King of Scotland who won Scotland’s independence from England

A

Robert Bruce

78
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King of England who took for himself the throne of Scotland

A

Edward I

79
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Scottish knight who raised a rebellion against the English and was put to death by the English king

A

William Wallace

80
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English king who recognized Scotland’s independence and acknowledged Bruce as king

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Edward III

81
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He gained courage from a spider to try again to free Scotland

A

Robert Bruce

82
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Venetian prince and explorer to China who was inspiration for Columbus

A

Marco Polo

83
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Emperor of China during Marco Polo’s visit

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Kublai Khan

84
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Son of Edward III who was a great military leader against the French

A

Edward the Black Prince

85
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French king defeated by the English in the battle of Poitiers

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Philip

86
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Swiss mountaineer who organized revolt against Austrian rule

A

William Tell

87
Q

Mongol warlord who established one of the largest Asian empires in history

A

Tamerlane

88
Q

English king who conquered France, regaining lands that had belonged to his ancestor, William the Conqueror

A

Henry V

89
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The three handmaidens of war, according to Henry V

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fire
blood
famine

90
Q

Battle of 1415 in which the English army defeated a French army four times their size

A

Agincourt

91
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French peasant girl who fought for the French army and was burned at the stake

A

Joan of Arc

92
Q

Inventor of movable type, transforming the printing industry

A

Gutenberg

93
Q

The kingmaker

A

Warwick

94
Q

Long struggle for power between the Lancastrian and Yorkist factions

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War of the Roses

95
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Periodically mad king during the War of the Roses

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Henry VI

96
Q

Murdered two young princes to become king of England

A

Richard III

97
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English king who ended the War of the Roses

A

Henry Tudor (VII)

98
Q

Political and social system of controlling land through lords and vassals

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feudal system

99
Q

Mounted soldier serving under a feudal lord

A

knight

100
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Period in history from the fall of Rome to around 1000 AD

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Dark Ages

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