Vikings
Vikings originate from this region of Europe
What is Scandinavia?
A piece of land granted as part of a feudal oath
What is a fief?
This city where Jesus was crucified was the main target of multiple Crusades
What is Jerusalem?
This Roman Emperor was the first to convert to Christianity in 310 CE, and the first to move the capital to the East
Who was Constantine?
A low-level priest in the Catholic Christian church who spent much of their time copying manuscripts and tending to gardens
What is a monk?
What is a longboat?
Europe's medieval system of decentralized regional government was similar to the system of this ancient Chinese dynasty
What is the Zhou dynasty?
This crusade went off course and pillaged the city of Constantinople, weakening the eastern Christian empire
What was the Fourth Crusade?
The Empire's stronghold and capital city was sacked and pillaged in 1204 CE by crusaders with the aid of naval forces from this Eastern Mediterranean trade rival
What is the Republic of Venice?
The mother of Jesus who was conceived, according to Christians, by immaculate conception
Who is the Virgin Mary?
These islands were the center of Viking raids
What are the British Isles?
The subordinate noble who takes a vow of loyalty to his lord
Who is a vassal?
This Muslim military leader unified forces in Egypt to recapture Jerusalem before the Third Crusade
Who is Saladin?
This religious debate nearly tore apart the Empire during the 9th century CE
What is iconoclasm?
An influential priest in the Catholic church who participates in elections to select new Popes
What is a cardinal?
Knights from Norman France later built a kingdom here in the Mediterranean, mixing Arabic & Byzantine cultures
What is Sicily?
The code of honor and religious duty that guided leaders of feudal society
What is chivalry?
This ethnic group from Central Asia was expanding and migrating into the Middle East and Asia Minor during the time of the Crusades
Who are the Turks?
The Byzantine emperor sent a call for help to this Pope of the Latin, Catholic Christian church in the West in 1095 CE
Who was Pope Urban II?
After crusaders attacked fellow Christians in 1200 CE, the Pope responded with this religious penalty
What is excommunication?
What is the Bayeux Tapestry?
This Norseman was given a feudal oath and the right to rule over Normandy by the King of France
Who is Rollo?
This northernmost Crusader State in Syria was the first to be reclaimed by Muslim armies after the First Crusade
What is the County of Edessa?
This narrow strait flows by the Byzantine capital from the Black Sea into the Aegean Sea
What is the Bosporus?
This word refers to the new divide in Christianity between eastern Orthodox and western Catholic faiths after the collapse of the ancient Roman Empire
What is a schism?