Chapter 2 Lesson 3: Kingdoms and Crusades

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In the late 800s C.E., British King _____________ of Wessex united the Anglo-Saxons against the vikings and formed the kingdom of England.

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Alfred

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Under Henry II, the courts created a body of _________ law, or law that was the same throughout England

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common

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In the 1100s C.E., Sicily became a major trading center because it was along trade routes linking regions of eastern and western ___________

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Mediterranean

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The Magna Carta was important because it

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asserted that the monarch must obey the law

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The Crusades contributed to the breakdown of feudalism because

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many nobles who joined the Crusades sold their lands and freed their serfs.

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During the Second Crusade, a Muslim general named _______ recaptured Jerusalem from Christian forces.

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Saladin

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True or False: A new English culture that included both Norman and Anglo-Saxon customs eventually emerged after William the Conqueror gained control of England.

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True

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The first estate of French Society was

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the clergy

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The second estate of French Society was

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the nobility

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The third estate of French Society was

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townspeople and peasants