Geography of Europe
This is the continent, also considered a peninsula, that we are learning about in this chapter.
What is Europe?
The name of France comes from this Germanic group.
What are the Franks?
A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands legally belonging to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people living on the land.
What is feudalism?
This person was at the top of the feudal hierarchy and granted land to his vassals.
Who is the king or queen (monarch)?
This religious institution was the most powerful during the Middle Ages.
What is the Catholic Church?
This boot-shaped country juts out into the Mediterranean Sea; it was the place we learned about in Chapter 1 - Rome.
What is Italy?
This was the greatest ruler of the Franks and the Carolingian Empire.
What is Charlemagne?
This group of people, warriors and explorers from northern Europe, were the first Europeans to settle in North America.
What are Vikings?
A nobleman who received land from a lord in exchange for military services.
What is a vassal?
The Vikings were famous for their ships because...
What were long and fast, built to scout and attack?
The Vikings or Nordic men lived in northern Europe, on this peninsula.
What is the Scandinavian Peninsula?
The language that most Europeans spoke and some wrote during the Middle Ages - comes from the Romans.
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What is Latin?
He was crowned "Holy Roman Emperor" by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800 AD.
Who is Charlemagne?
Peasants who worked the land and could not leave the fief without permission.
Who are the servants?
This system was the basis of medieval society, after the fall of the Roman Empire, based on land ownership and loyalty. $Double jeopardy$
What is feudalism?
This body of water separates the countries of England and France. $Double jeopardy$
What is the English Channel?
Charlemagne strengthened the alliance with the leader of the Catholic Church.
What is Pope Leo III?
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What is the Pope?
This is the body of water that is located between the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia. $Double jeopardy$
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This group of people (warriors) swore loyalty and military service to a lord in exchange for land. They protected the land and the people. $Double jeopardy$
Who are the knights?
This term refers to a large estate, which included a village, farms and the lord's house, around which medieval society was organized.
What is a manor?
This mountain range separates Europe from Asia.
What are the Ural Mountains?
This happened in the year 800 AD when Pope Leo III gave this recognition to Charlemagne - the ceremony.
What is the coronation of emperor?
What is Charlemagne is crowned as the emperor?
This was a code of behavior for knights in medieval Europe, making loyalty and devotion to their nobles paramount.
What is chivalry?
The term referring to lands granted by a lord to a vassal.
What is a fief?
Known as "The Conqueror", this Norman king claimed the English throne after his victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The system of feudalism began during this period.
Who is William the Conqueror?