TCAP Review 6 Flashcards
Middle Western Europe
North Atlantic Drift
A warm current that provides good areas for fishing, and depicts the temperature so the area has cold winters and warm summers.
Monastery
Where monks live work and pray.
Charlemagne
The son of Pepin who became king of the Franks, and sent armies in an attempt to make the entirety of the kingdom convert to Christianity, and started feudalism in western Europe.
Holy Roman Empire
When Germany became a small collection of territories, nobles decided to select an emperor. Duke Otto was chosen for this position, and the area soon was known as the Holy Roman empire.
Feudalism
The system of service between a lord and the vassals who have sworn loyalty to the lord; Under feudalism, nobles governed and protected people in return for services.
Manorialism
A political and economic social system by which peasants were rendered dependent on their land and lord.
The Battle of Hastings/ William the Conqueror
The battle between Harold and William for the throne of England.
Papacy
The relationship between the ruler/state and the papacy itself, also the office of the Pope.
Monarch
The ruler of the Monarchy and kingdom.
Manga Carta
A document that limits the ruler’s power over the kingdom, and people the right to trial by jury.
The Crusades
A series of religious wars initiated, and sometimes supported/directed by the Christian Latin church against the Muslims/
Pope Urban II
The head of the Roman Catholic Church.
Saladine
The founder of the Ayyubid dynasty
Richard I
Won the battles.
The Black Death (Bubonic Plague)
