European History Flashcard

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Why is Europe often referred to as a “peninsula of peninsulas”?

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Because it is made up of a large peninsula that sticks out from the larger Eurasian landmass

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After the death of Charlemagne, what created disorder in Europe?

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Invasions by Vikings and other groups

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Feudalism is:

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A social and political arrangement

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How were people organized in feudalism?

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By social classes

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Why did Feudalism develop?

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Landowners needed defense of their properties and for protection from Barbarians and Vikings.

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In European Feudalism, people often gave up their land and freedoms to those who were more powerful. Why did they do this?

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They needed more protection

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In the feudal system, who is at the top of the social "pyramid"?

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Kings

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After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Europe entered a time in history known as what?

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The Dark Ages, The Middle Ages, Medevil Times

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Emperor Diocletion divided the Roman Empire into what?

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Eastern Roman Empire and Western Roman Empire

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People who lived and worked on the land owned by others were called

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serfs