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| the spread of an idea or a movement |
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| the famous son of Pepin the Short |
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| The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery |
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| a Christian warrior's rules of behavior |
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| the members of the lowest class of peasants, who were "tied" to the land |
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| the period between the end of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Modern age |
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| the surface features of a region, such as its hills, valleys, or rivers on a map |
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| A British-born christian missionary |
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| a community of men or women bound by certain sacred vows |
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| What is the fertile (rich) heart of Europe called? |
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| the sacred rites of the church |
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| What did moastaries help do in the region north of the Alps? |
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| The land belonging to a lord or nobleman |
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| What happened when Charlemagne's government failed to protect its people? |
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| Local nobels took power and a feudal system appeared |
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| a very large, unbroken area of land |
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| What was important about the Rhine rivers flow across most of Europe? |
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| It carried fine soil to fertilize farms in the area |
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| what did the people of Eastern Europe cross into Western Europe? |
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| What did Benedict of Nursia do when he saw greed and dishonesty in Rome? |
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| He became a hermit nad then started a monestary |
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| What major development followed the esthablishment of monastaries in Europe? |
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| the diffusion of christianity |
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| What did fuedalism require of a vassal |
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| a trade of loyalty for land |
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| what factor contributed to a system of feudalism arising in Europe? |
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| the fear that Vikings would control the region |
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| to attack the Moors Charlemagne's army had to cross the |
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| what element of Europe's geography helped create fertile farmland? |
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| long and mighty rivrers that carried soil |
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| What did missionaries traveling across Europe among the common people help do? |
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| convert Europeans to Christianity |
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| By offering loyalty to a lord in exchange for land, a vassal became part of |
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| A young man fro a noble family prepared to become a knight by serving as a |
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| Charlemagnes armies crossed the Pyrenees to attack |
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| Charlemagne's empire included most of central and western Europe. It also stretched from |
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| the Atlantic ocean to the Adriatic Sea |
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| How did traveling priests and missionaries help christianity to spread among the common people of Europe? |
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| they spoke about their own faith and tried to show that it was superior to pagan beliefs |
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| How did cutting down a tree help St. Boniface support the spread of Christianity? |
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| Boniface was not punished by the pagan gods, so people began to trust the christian god. |
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| How did serving as a page in the feudal social structure prepare a young man for another role in that system? |
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| He learned to become a squire and then a knight |
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| In what way was the medieval manor system like a government? |
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| It collected taxes and provided courts and by protecting and employing the local population |
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| How did religious orders help spread Christianity throughout Europe? |
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| Monistaries promoted study of christian teachings, prayer, and the care of others. Missionaries spread the word. |
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| How did life in a religious order make a monk or nun feel closer to God? |
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| Monastaries and convents provided places of peace where monks and nuns could study, pray, and do good works |
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| In what way was manoralism both an economic system and a system of military defense? |
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| The Lord provided land and protection the vassel provided military service and worked the land. |
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