| A | B |
|---|
| Crusades | Christian attempt to recapture the Holy Land from Saladin |
| Urban II | Pope who urged Christians to take the Holy Land from the Moslems waging a war |
| Jersualem | Holy Land fought over during the Crusades |
| Saladin | Muslim leader who took control of Jerusalem |
| Fief | Land grant |
| Magna Carta | Document limiting monarchs power in England |
| Genghis Khan | Founded the Mongol Dynasty |
| Istanbul | Constantinople became known as this when the Ottomans took it over |
| Hugh Capet | Founded French monarchy |
| Ivan the Great | Ended Mongol domination in Russia |
| Latin | Church scholars translanted Greek and Arabic works into this language- |
| Black Death | Killed 1/3 of Europe |
| Chinese cities | The Black Death began here |
| Joan of Arc | French peasant who helped unify France by helping them win the Hundred Years War (England burned her as a witch) |
| Hundred Years War | This was fought between France and England |
| Common Law | Political system that guaranteed the protection of an Englishman's life, liberty, and property |
| Parliament | Began as advisory body to the king, but evolved into having great power and influence over time |
| Battle of Hastings | Allowed William the Conqueror to defeat the Saxons and claim the English throne |
| William the Conqueror | Unified England during his reign |
| Ferdinand and Isabella | Unified Spain by expelling the Jews and Moors |
