Lesson 1
What does Clearly mean?
Is a clear manner, without doubt or question.
What happened in 400s?
Germanic tribes began settling in the east of Britain.
what happened in March 1096?
farmers in northern France paused in their plowing to listen to a distant roar.
what does Iberian Peninsula mean?
the peninsula where present-day Spain and Portugal are located.
what happened in 1340?
ships began drifting into Italian ports filled with dead or dying crews.
What year did the church and the holy Roman Empire have an agreement of the Concordat of Worms?
1122
What happened in 900s - 1000s?
England became much more organized under a centralized government.
What does Crusades mean?
a series of military campaigns.
What happened in 1492?
Spain’s multicultural society was finally swept away.
what happened in 1300?
Europe had enjoyed two centuries of economic growth, but now Europeans faced troubled times. A change in the weather may have played a part. From 1315 to 1317, it rained so much that crops were ruined.
what happened between 900s and 1200s?
Europe had very few strong rulers. And political power lay with aristocrats.
what does standardized mean?
the same everywhere
What happened in 1071?
Turks took over Jerusalem from the Fatimids.
what is Moors?
The Moors governed an extremely advanced, dynamic, and diverse society centered in what is now southern Spain.
what does famine mean?
famine is a serious shortage of food.
What does Excommunicate?
Means to exclude a person from a church or a religious community.
what was William descended from?
Viking raiders called Northmen, or Normans, who settled in northern France.
What happened in 1204?
1204, crusaders stormed Constantinople, the rich Byzantine capital.
What happened in 1050?
the Christian kingdoms in northern Spain were more united Long before the Crusades, popes urged Christians in Spain to wage war against the Muslims.
what is Peasants’ Revolt?
killing lords and burning manors. Although such revolts were crushed, feudalism never recovered.
Does the Black Sea connect to Asia? True or False
True
what in Norman England never be the same again?
English language and culture would never be the same.
how many Jews were murdered in Germany in several different attacks?
5,000
what is Reconquista?
The Reconquista helped create a new kingdom, Portugal.
what is the bubonic plague?
a deadly infection. Victims usually died within a few days, often in terrible agony, with their bodies covered in buboes, or swellings.