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Ancient Europe Vocabulary
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- 1Europe's longest river; flows through Russia into the Caspian SeaVolga River
- 2Europe's second longest river; main water route to South Central EuropeDanube River
- 3Backbone of the busiest inland system of waterways in the western part of EuropeRhine River
- 4Leader of the Norman Vikings, who settled in North France, became a Christian, and adopted Frankish customsWilliam the Conqueror
- 5—England
- 6A forceful king that was later forced by his lords to agree to the Magna CartaKing John
- 7A book that kept track of people in England during the Middle AgesDomesday Book
- 8The country were the Viking came from and left to conquer other parts of Europe; conquered Denmark, Norway, and SwedenScandinavia
- 9A period in Europe from 500 to 1500 A.D.The Middle Ages
- 10A document that King John signed to limit royal powerMagna Carta
- 11Were King John agreed to sign the Magna Carta on June 15, 1215Runnymede
- 12A man who devotes his life to his religionMonk
- 13A woman who devotes her life to his religionNun
- 14Places were monks studied, prayed, and lived in communitiesMonasteries
- 15Places were nuns studied, prayed, and lived in communitiesConvent
- 16People who teach a religion to people with different beliefsMissionaries
- 17A king or queen who was the supreme ruler in FuedalismMonarch
- 18People who lived on the land and farmed it; after knights on the Class PyrimidSerfs
- 19Warriors trained and prepared to fight on horseback; after lords on Class PyramidKnight
- 20A system of were by the planting of crops on manor lands alternates between three fieldsThree- field Rotation
- 21A common way from the 700s to the 1200s, that managed feudal lands by dividing it into four partsManor System
- 22King of the Franks (771 A.D.) later crowned emperor of former Roman Empire (800 A.D.)Charlemagne
- 23A political, social, and economic system that began in the 800s used by the EuropeansFeudalism
- 24A group of people united by a common interestGuild
- 25A woman of noble birth, was given little opportunity to make decisions about her own life and was directed by her husband or fatherLady
- 26A code of behavior which should be followed by a true knightChivalry
- 27—Europe
- 28The mountain range separating Europe from Asia; found in the eastUral Mountains
- 29Part of the Great European Plain which covers most of Europe; southeast EnglandNorth European Plain
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- American History Social Studies (The Middle Ages) Flashcards on Ancient Europe Vocabulary, created by Selam H on 24/04/2013.
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