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| Ural Mountains | The landform that seperates Europe from Asia |
| North European Plain and Alpine Mountain system | The 2 regions where you would find most of Europe's farms. |
| Volga River | Europe's longest river |
| Europe's landforms influenced people's lives in Middle Ages HOW? | Deforestation resulted in planing crops on fertile land. |
| Temperate | The climate in most of Europe |
| Describe Charlemagne | crowned by Pope Leo III |
| Vikings | fierce pirates and warriors from Scandinavia. |
| Magna Carta | It had 63 clauses and limited the power of the king. |
| Charlemagne was crowned emperor BEFORE what 3 events? | Magna Carta; Vikings invading Europe; Normans invading England |
| serfs | in system of feudalism, these people farmed |
| Lords and Knights | were loyal to the monarch and provided protection-this is how feudalism affected the lives of the nobility |
| How did manor systems affect towns? | crop surplusses in towns meant that the towns GREW BIGGER! |
| The purpose of a guild (3 parts) | 1. guarantee fair price for goods 2. buy large quantities of goods cheaply 3. control marketplace of each town |
| The event that marked the decline of Byzantine control over Asia Minor | a group of Muslim Seljuk Turks defeated Byzantine army |
| Emperor Alexius Comnenus asked Pope Urban II for help...WHY? | He needed Christian knights to help fight against Turks |
| Name 3 trade goods that WERE CARRIED along the Silk Road | ivory, gold, precious stones |
| bubonic plague | very aggressive epidemic |
| Historians believe the birthplace of the Plague was where? | Either China, Italy or Central Asia |
