Name: _____________________________________ Period: ______
Section Two: Europe after Rome
1.
After Rome fell, there began a time period between 500 to 1500 AD; this time period is called the _________________ _______.
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Another term for this time period is “___________________________”
3.
The religion that will spread all over Europe during this time is
___________________________. It will be spread by ____________________________, who are people sent out by the church to teach people about Christ.
4.
The leader of the Catholic Church in Europe was called the ____________.
5.
A famous missionary who brought Christianity to Ireland was called
______________________________.
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Some religious people stayed in one place and taught about Christ. These men were called
________________. They taught, studied and helped the poor in areas where they lived.
They lived in communities called __________________________________.
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Most followed the rules for living set down by an Italian monk named
________________________, which is where they got their name: the
_______________________ Monks.
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What were several important things that monks did?
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What is ILLUMINATION?
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Dark times were spreading around Europe after Rome fell, which is why Medieval times got the nickname, the “_________ ___________!”
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As Christianity was spreading, a new group of people called the ________________, settled in what we call France.
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Their ruler, ________________, would build the first big medieval empire!
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The most famous ruler of the Franks was a man named ___________________________, who was a brave warrior, spread Christianity all over and was big on education!
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But Europe had new threats to worry about. _________________ attacked Spain in the south, ________________ were barbarians who attacked Eastern Europe, and a new group of warriors, called the ______________________, were attacking from the north!
Extra Stuff: The Vikings!!!
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The fierce group of warriors that came out of Scandinavia was known as the _______________.
They raided and pillaged all over Northern Europe!
2.
The Vikings actually called themselves the ______________________.

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In their language, “to go out and fight and pillage” means to “_____ ____
__________________”
4.
The Norse version of democracy was called the ________________________.
5.
___________________ are long stories or poems that make up Norse history. Within them are
_____________ that tell the adventures of heroes, gods and adventurers. Myths!
6.
One of the most famous is a story about a fierce Norse warrior called _____________________, who fights the monster ___________________, and is awarded great riches by King
_______________________.
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The Norse explored, traded and raided using a type of ship called a
___________________________. The Norse called them ___________________.
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These ships had _________________________, or heads that were attached to the front of the boat. They were usually dragons, to fend off sea monsters and to look terrifying!
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One famous Norse warrior/explorer, with a very bad temper, was named _________ ____
________.
10.
He founded the colony of _____________________________. He told people that it had much
“green land” to encourage people to move there.
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His son, _____________________ ___________________, also explored, and was said to have discovered the land of __________________, which is in modern day
__________________________, ______________________.
12.
In __________________________, the Norse fought the Natives Americans there, who they called _________________________. It didn’t go so well for the Norse.
13.
The Norse had some pretty cool mythology and gods!!! Name the four gods we mentioned and what they were known for:
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14.
The Universal Tree in Norse mythology is called ________________________________. The
__________________________, the female warriors who ran the place!
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The __________________ were sisters who determined each person’s future and fate. gods lived in _____________________, and humans lived in _______________________. When a warrior died, he would go to ________________________, to drink mead with the
Section 3: Feudalism and Manor Life
1.
In medieval society, the “top dog” of a country was its _______________. Then came the
_______________, or wealthy land-owners!
2.
For their loyalty, kings would give land to the nobles, who were also called ________________.
3.
Lords would then hire professional soldiers to protect their land. These soldiers were called
_______________________.
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Sometimes nobles would give a knight their own land, called a __________.
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A knight who promised to serve a lord is called that lord’s ________________________.
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This system of promises between a lord and knight is called ___________________________.

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What were the lord’s duties?
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What were the vassal’s duties?
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Feudalism came to England when a French noble called _______________________ the
___________________ invaded it in 1066. He rewarded his knights with land there!
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Knights couldn’t farm their land by themselves, so they “rented” out their land to poor workers called ___________, who farmed it in exchange for housing and protection.
11.
The large estate where serfs lived and worked for the lord or knight was called a
____________________. Here, you could find the lord’s mansion and the serfs’ village and fields.
12.
Draw out the social pyramid of FEUDALISM!!!
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Describe manor life for a peasant:
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Describe manor life for a lord:
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Some noble women had some power, too! A powerful noblewoman in France who had political power was named __________________ of __________________________.

Section 4: Feudal Society
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Why did many people move to the cities during medieval times?
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What did knights start wanting instead of land?
3.
Japan and Medieval Europe were a lot alike! In Japan, warriors called ______________________ followed the code of ____________________. In Europe, soldiers called
____________________ lived by a code called ________________________. They were very much the same!
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Describe how knights were supposed to act under chivalry:
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Fill in the differences chart between Japan and Europe.