| A | B |
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| Eurasia | the large landmass that includes both Europe and Asia |
| topography | the shape and elevation of land in a region |
| Middle Ages | a period that lasted from about 500 to 1500 in Europe |
| medieval | referring to the Middle Ages |
| Patrick | who took it upon himself to teach people about Christianity |
| monks | a religious man who lived apart from society in an isolated community |
| monasteries | a community of monks |
| Benedict | His code was called the Benedictine Rule |
| Charlemagne | a leader,was a brilliant warrior and strong king |
| knights | a warrior in medieval Europe who fought on horse back |
| vassal | a knight who promised to support a lord in exchange for land in medieval Europe |
| feudalism | the system of obligations that governed the relationships between the lords and vassals in Medieval Europe |
| William the Conqueror | after winning the battle he became the king of England |
| manor | a large estate owned by a kinght or lord |
| serfs | a worker in medieval Europe who was tied to the land on which he or she lived |
| Eleanor of Aquitaine | 1122-1204 was one of the most powerful people in the Middle Ages |
| chivaldry | the code of honorable behavior for medieval knights |
| haiku | a type of Japanese poem with three lines an 17 syllables that describes nature scenes |
