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Conquerors Crusades Wars and
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A body of water between steep slopes where the sea cuts into the land.
fjord
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The king who signed the Magna Carta.
King John
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Another name for everyday language.
Vernacular
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Group from Scandinavia that raided villages in
Europe.
The Vikings
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The Crusade that succeeded in driving the
Muslims out of Jerusalem.
The First Crusade
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An agreement between a pope and an emperor.
concordat
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Religious beliefs that go against church
teachings.
heresy
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The two geographical features that separated
European cultures.
Mountains and rivers
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He drove the Vikings out of Britain.
Alfred the Great
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A knight or noble who served a lord of higher rank.
A vassal
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They were pushed into Ireland and Scotland by
Angles and Saxons.
Celts
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Pope who called for the First Crusade.
Pope Urban II
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It strengthened the pope’s power while limiting the
emperor’s power.
Concordat of Worms
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The study of religion and God.
theology
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The body of water that separates Britain and Ireland
from the rest of Europe.
The English Channel
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She headed a convent and composed
church music.
Hildegard of Bingen
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Hatred of Jewish people.
Anti-Semitism
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Small territories in Eastern Europe ruled by the Vikings.
Kievan Rus
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Muslim leader who retook Jerusalem from the Christians.
Saladin
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Series of wars between England and France.
The Hundred Years Wars
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A church court that tried heretics.
The Inquisition
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The largest peninsula in Europe.
Scandinavia
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King who first created the Grand Jury and trial jury.
Henry II
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The unions of the Middle Ages.
Guilds
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They created a German kingdom that eventually
became the Holy Roman Empire.
Saxons
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Two ways the Crusades affected Europe.
1. Greatly increased trade and cultural interaction between Europe and the Middle East
2. Ended Feudalism
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The Christian fight to reclaim the Iberian Peninsula from the
Muslims.
Reconquista
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Founder of the Franciscan Order.
Francis of Assisi
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Plague that swept across Europe and killed millions
of people.
The “Black Death”
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A census taken in England by William the
Conqueror
Domesday Book
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He was crowned the new Roman emperor by the Pope
on Christmas day.
Charlemagne
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This allowed trade to resume in Europe by
1100.
Surplus of goods and safer travel
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