Chapter 7

Question 0

Medieval

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Middle Ages in Europe

Question 1

Clovis

Answer 1

Conquered Gaul and converted them to Christianity

Question 2

Franks

Answer 2

A Germanic tribe that conquered Gaul and neighboring lands in the 400s.

Question 3

Charles Martel

Answer 3

Rallied Frankish warriors at the Battle of Tours and defeated Muslims

Question 4

Battle of Tours

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732, Christian warriors triumphed

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Charlemagne “Charles the Great”

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King of Franks, Roman Emperor

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Magyars

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An ethnic group centered in present-day Hungary

Question 7

Vikings

Answer 7

Scandinavian people whose sailors raided Europe from the 700s to the 1100s

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Dark Ages

Answer 8

Time period in which there was a political, social, and economic decline in Western Europe

Question 9

Gaul

Answer 9

Present-day France

Question 10

Alcuin

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A scholar of York who directed the Palace School

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Aachen

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Where Charlemagne revived the glory of Rome

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Pope Leo III

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Proclaimed Charlemagne as Emperor of the Romans

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Scandinavia

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A northern region that now includes Norway, Sweden, and Denmark

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Feudalism

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Loosely organized system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other support to a greater lord

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Vassal

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A lord who was granted land in exchange for service and loyalty to a greater lord

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Feudal contract

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Exchange of pledges between lords and vassals

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Knight

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Mounted warrior

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Fief

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An estate granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for service and loyalty

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Tournament

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A mock battle in which knights would compete against one another to display fighting skills

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Chivalry

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Code of conduct for knights

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Troubadour

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A wandering poet or singer of medieval Europe

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Manor

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A lord’s estate which included one or more villages and the surrounding lands

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Serf

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A peasant bound to the lord’s land

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Siege

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When the enemy would surround the castle and wait until the defenders' food ran out and they had to surrender

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Motte and bailey

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Developed in 1800s, tower built on a hill was motte and a courtyard surrounded by a fence was a bailey

Question 26

Catapult

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A trebuchet that hurls stones that are 600 lbs 1,000 ft

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Eleanor of Aquitaine

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Queen of Aquitaine, mother of Richard the Lionhearted

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Sacrament

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Sacred ritual of the Roman Catholic Church

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Benedictine Rule

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Emphasizes obedience, poverty, and chastity and divides the day into periods of worship, work, and study

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Secular

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Having to do with worldly, rather than religious matters

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Papal supremacy

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The claim of medieval popes that they had authority over all secular rulers

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Canon law

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Body of laws of a church

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Excommunication

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Exclusion from the Roman Catholic Church as a penalty for refusing to obey church law

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Interdict

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Excommunication of an entire region, town, or kingdom

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Friar

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A medieval European monk who traveled from place to place preaching to the poor

Question 36

St. Francis of Assisi

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Patron saint of animals, stressed kindness to all creatures

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Pilgrimage

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The one only way that medieval Christians shows their devotion to their faith

Question 38

Medieval

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Middle Ages

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Baptism

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Blessed with holy water

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Monastery

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Convent, place where monks live

Question 41

Convent

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Monastery, place where nuns live

Question 42

Charter

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A written document that set out the rights and privileges of a town

Question 43

Capital

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Money or wealth used to invest in business or enterprise

Question 44

Partnership

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A group of merchants who joined together to finance a large-scale venture that would have been too costly for any individual trader

Question 45

Tenant farmer

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Someone who would pay rent to a lord to farm part of the lord's land

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Middle class

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A group of people including merchants, traders, and artisans, whose ranks was between nobles and peasants

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Guild

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An association if merchants or artisans who cooperated to uphold standards of their trade and to protect their economic interest

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Apprentice

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A young person learning a trade from a master

Question 49

Journeyman

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A salaried worker employed by a guild master

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Hanseatic League

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An association to protect their trading interest

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Flanders

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Along with Italy, the two ends if the profitable north-south trade route

Question 52

Geoffrey Chaucer/Canterbury tales

Answer 52

A portrait of Medieval English society