GEOGRAPHY
These are the highest mountains in Europe.
What are the Alps?
Religious men who lived apart from society in isolated communities.
Who are monks?
The system based on relationships between lords and vassals.
What is feudalism?
This powerful Frankish king built a huge empire in Europe.
Who was Charlemagne?
The Japanese warriors who were similar to European knights.
Who were samurai?
This large landmass includes both Europe and Asia.
What is Eurasia?
Communities where monks lived.
What are monasteries?
Knights received these pieces of land in return for military service.
What are fiefs?
These people helped spread Christianity into northern Europe.
Who were missionaries?
The code of honorable behavior followed by European knights.
What is chivalry?
These mountains are considered the boundary between Europe and Asia.
What are the Ural Mountains?
This missionary converted many people in Britain and Ireland to Christianity.
Who was Saint Patrick?
Medieval laborers who could not leave the land without permission.
Who are serfs?
This ruler conquered England after the Battle of Hastings.
Who was William the Conqueror?
The samurai code that was similar to chivalry.
What is Bushido?
The shape and elevation of land in a region is called this.
What is topography?
This Italian monk created rules followed by many European monasteries.
Who was Saint Benedict?
Large estates that usually included fields, forests, pastures, and villages.
What are manors?
This French noblewoman had great political power during the Middle Ages.
Who was Eleanor of Aquitaine?
This Japanese religion blended beliefs from Buddhism and Confucianism.
What is Shinto?
Northern European towns often grew near these because they were useful for transportation.
What are rivers?
Monks and missionaries both helped spread this religion throughout Europe.
What is Christianity?
The most important duty a vassal had to a lord.
What was fighting for the lord during wartime?
This Frankish king was one of the first to convert to Christianity.
Who was Clovis?
One major similarity between knights and samurai.
What is that both pledged loyalty to lords?