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social studies chapter 17
The Early Middle Ages
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History
7th Grade
05/15/2017

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Chivalry
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The code of honorable behavior for knights
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Clovis
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established Christianity among the Franks
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Fiefs
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Pieces of land nobles gave knights as payment
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Henry II
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Ruled as Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Counts of Nates, and King of Matilda
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Manor
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Large estate owned by knight/lord
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Medieval
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Another name for the Middle Ages
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Missionaries
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People who were sent to other places to spread Christianity
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Monasteries
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Communaties of Monks
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Monks
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Religious men who lived apart from society in isolated communities
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Peasant
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A member of a traditional class of farmers, either laborers or owners of small farms
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Roles
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Assigned behavior
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Serf
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Worker who was tied to the land on which they lived
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Vassal
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A knight who promised to support a lord in exchange for land
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Haiku
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A 3-line poem with 17 syllables
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The largest peninsula in Europe
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Scandinavia
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The English equivalent to the Japanese term Bushido
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Chivalry
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The capital of the Holy Roman Empire in the 800s
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Aechen
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The event in 1066 where William the Conqueror defeated the British King
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Battle of Hastings
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What Eleanor of Aquitain was queen of
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Queen of France, Queen of England
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Who occasionally invaded Europe in the Middle Ages
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Vikings, Magyars, Muslims
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The religions of Europe and Japan during the Middle Ages
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Christianity, Shinto
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Why the period that falls between the 500s and 1500s is called the Middle Ages
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It falls between Ancient Times and Modern Times
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How art and religion were related in both Europe and Japan
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Japanes art focused on nature, European art focused on Christianity
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What the Vikings, Magyars, and Muslim invasions of Europe caused to develop
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Feudalism
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What the geography and climates of northern and sothern Europe caused
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to develop differently
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Describe St. Patrick
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He went to Ireland to convert them into Christians
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Describe the Feudal system of Europe and Japan
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They had a king/emperor, lord/shogun, knight/sammuri, and peasants
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What was unusual about Eleanor of Aquitain
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She owned her own land
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Why feudalism began to spread to Britain
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William the Conqueror invaded Britain
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Why Charlemagne wanted to accomplish great things
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He thought education was important
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Who were the most important in spreading Christianity throughout Europe
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Monks & Missionaries
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What the shape and elevation of the land in a region is called
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Topography
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How feudalism and religion were related
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Promised to obey almighty ones
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What knights recieved in exchange for the pledge of loyalty to a lord
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A fief
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What caused the growth of European cities around 1000 ad
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Population and trade
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