Define
Guild
A group of merchants or craftspeople
True or False: Vassals are low ranking nobles under the protection of a feudal lord
TRUE
A lord is a high ranking ______ who had power and lived in castle.
noble
A period in European history after the fall of the Roman Empire
Middle Ages
Give me a synonym for the word "near"
close
Missionary
A person who is sent by a religious organization to teachy the religion
True or False: An agreement between the pope and the ruler of a country is Missionary
False (Concordat)
The black death was a _____ carried by fleas and rats between China and Europe.
A deadly disease that spreads quickly and kills many people
Plague
Give me 3 meanings for the word "pop"
dad/granddad
soda
to make something burst (like a balloon or bubble)
Vikings
Came from Scandinavia; depended on the sea for food and trade
True or False: Saints spoke to Joan or Arc.
TRUE
Knights were warriors who rode on _________ who fought for a superior
The land granted to a vassal by a noble
Fief
Fix the sentence: The children walks home from school.
The children walk home from school.
Reconquista
The Christian "reconquest" of the Iberian peninsula from the Muslims
True or False: Chivalry is the system of rules and customs to being a lord
FALSE (being a knight)
Prince Ferdinand and Princess Isabella joined their land into ______.
Spain
A peasant who was tied to the land and its owner
Serf
The soup was scalding, so I had to wait to eat it because I didn’t want to burn my mouth.
What does the word scalding mean?
very hot
Feudalism
A political order where nobles governed and protected people in return for services
True or False: Nobles ruled and protected people.
TRUE
Fjord is a narrow body of water between _______________ where the sea cuts into the land.
steep cliffs
A crowned Roman Emperor by the Pope; united Europe in one empire
Charlamagne
What is an onomatopoeia?
A figurative language technique in which words resemble the real sound to which the refer.