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Odds and Ends
100
Built in a variety of forms and were usually designed to fit the landscape
What is a castle?
100
Switzerland is most famous for these mountains.
What are the Alps?
100
This priest traveled to Ireland in 400s AD and spread the Christian gospel
Who is Patrick?
100
He is also known as this.
What is Charles the Great?
100
Under this system, Europe was divided into thousands of territories owned by nobles with the land worked by serfs
What is feudalism?
200
Often had no benches so villagers sat on the floor or brought stools from home to worship
What is a church?
200
This river runs through Paris
What is the Seine?
200
Gregory the Great asked monks to become this to teach religions to other countries
What is missionaries?
200
He was this old when he became king of the Franks?
What is 29?
200
This group of people decided whether a person should be accused of a crime or not.
What is a grand jury?
300
Had little furniture and tables were made from boards stretched across benches. Straw mattresses on the floor were used as beds.
What is a serf's home? (or peasant's home)
300
If you're in France and cross this river, you're in Germany
What is the Rhine?
300
Gregory I sent 40 monks to southern Britain in 597 AD to teach this religion
What is Christianity?
300
He could read but had trouble doing this.
What is writing?
300
This group of people decided whether an accused person was innocent or guilty
What is a trial jury?
400
Used as a walkway to get into a castle; this could be raised and lowered, hence its name
What is a drawbridge?
400
These mountains separated Spain and Portugal from the rest of Europe
What are the Pyrenees?
400
Ethelbert, ruler of the kingdom of Kent, allowed monks to build a church in this city, his capital
What is Canterbury?
400
He was disappointed to learn that the Germans and Latins were more educated than these people
Who were the Franks?
400
This territory became the center of trade for northern Europe and was known for its woolen cloth
What is Flanders?
500
Powered by a river to ground grain into flour
What is a water mill?
500
River running though London, England
What is the Thames?
500
A monk who becomes leader of a monastery is called this.
What is an abbot?
500
in 782 AD he arranged for several famous scholars to come to this city which was his capital
What is Aachen?
500
In the Middle Ages, cathedrals were built in either the Romanesque style or this style
What is the Gothic Style?