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What did the lords give to the serfs?
land to farm
What did the serfs give to the lords?
food from their farms
Who was Charlemagne?
Answers will vary. First Holy Roman Emperor. Emperor. Greatest king of the Middle Ages- Fought many battles to enlarge Frankish Kingdom.
What did the samurai give to peasants?
land to farm
What did peasants give to the samurai?
Food from their farm
Why did the Pope send knights on the crusades?
To recapture Jerusalem for Christianity. To fight against Islam.
Who were serfs?
Serfs were the farmers or peasants in the feudal system in the Middle Ages.
How has the English language changed?
We went from Old English and have borrowed words from Latin, Greek, and French and have a nearly new language.
Who were the samurai?
Japanese knights that protected the Japanese noblemen
Why couldn't Eric the Red and others plant crops in Greenland?
The land was frozen.
Why was Charles Martel nicknamed the Hammer?
He fought hard and hammered his enemies.
Why did the noblemen of Wessex give bags of gold to the Vikings?
They wanted them to go away and not fight them.
Why didn't the Vikings stay in North America?
The Native Americans kept attacking them.
Why did King Guy surrender to Saladin?
How do we know the Vikings were in North America hundreds of years before Columbus?
Their writings and ruins have been found on stones.
Who was Charles Martel?
His nickname was "the Hammer" and he was King of the Franks.
Who were the Normans?
They were the Vikings that had settled down in Normandy, France and had become civilized.
What was the Battle of Hastings?
Battle between William the Conqueror leading the Normans of France against the English for the throne of England. The Normans won.
He was the head of the Muslim army that took over Jerusalem.
Who was Alfred?
King of England who fought off the Vikings.
How did Charlemagne unify his country? Give at least three things.
He fixed all the roads, built new bridges and churches, fought many battles to unite the tribes, he insisted all the boys be educated, ordered them to bring their children to church, paid hundreds of monks to copy out manuscripts of the Scripture, and tried to make the Franks cleaner and more civilized.
What did we learn about the Vikings? Give at least 3 things.
Answers will vary.
What was The Reconquest of Spain?
When El Cid or Rodrigo took back Muslim Spain for Christianity.
Can you explain the feudal system? Give at least 3 things.
Kings gave knights/lords land and castles and knights/lords gave the king taxes and fought in his army. Lords gave peasants land; peasants gave lords food. Everyone served someone else. Serfs were on the lowest rung.
What did we learn about the Crusades? Give me 3 things.
Answers will vary.