Ancient
What does "paleolithic" mean
Old Stone Age
Invented by Guttenberg, this made books more accessible and cheaper to make
Printing Press
This civilization was founded on the Nile River
Egypt
Define Fief
A grant of land given to a Vassal for military service
The French girl who rebelled against the English during the Hundred Years War after seeing visions from God
Joan of Arc
A ____ is a person or group of people who are constantly on the move, not living in one place
Nomad/Nomadic
This practice also made books more accessible by using languages other than Latin for printing
Vernacular Literature
This Civilization was founded between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Mesopotamia
What percentage of Western European peasants became serfs by the year 800
60%
The city in France where the King installed a new Pope during the Great Schism
Avignon
What are the six features of civilization
art, writing, government, cities, religion, social structure
The painting technique where artists make the background progressively smaller to make it appear three dimensional
Perspective
Identify one of the two important rivers of ancient India
Indus or Ganges
The land and home owned by a lord where a serf might live and work the land
Manor
The Buddha's birth name
Siddartha Guatama
This civilization developed in the fertile crescent
Mesopotamia
The new science that emerged during the renaissance that made improvements on both art AND medicine
anatomy
The sea that connected the Greek and Roman empires to North Africa
Mediterranean
This event led to a significant decline in serfdom
Black Plague
The two Germanic tribes who colonized Britain during the fall of the Roman Empire
Angles and Saxons (Anglo-Saxons)
The word used to describe religions that worship many gods
Polytheistic
The word for a model of the solar system where the sun is at the center, hypothesized by Copernicus and made stronger by Galileo
heliocentric
The city the Christians were trying to reclaim during the crusades
Jerusalem
The code of ethics that knights were expected to uphold
chivalry
What River did Caesar cross on his way from Gaul to go fight the Senate
Rubicon