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15 Cards in this Set
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doomsday book
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the first census made by Duke William of Normandy
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common law
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a legal system based on custom and court rulings
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magna carta
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- the Great Charter that King John was forced to sign
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parliament
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- a legislature made up of two bodies
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estates general
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representatives from all the classes, clergy, nobles, and townspeople
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crusade
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a holy war
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inquisition
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a church court set up to try people for heresy
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autocrat
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- a sole ruler with complete authority
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cyrillic
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a written script used in Russia and Ukraine
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boyars
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great land owing nobles
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czar
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a Russian word for Caesar, means leader
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ethnic group
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large group of people who share language and cultural heritage
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diet
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an assembly
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savanna
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grassy plain with irregular patterns of rainfall. Good soil, long droughts, largest and most populated climate zone. Cattle farming. Used to be full of rivers and forests, but climate change
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desertification
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the process by which fertile or semi-desert land becomes desert. Continues today and devours land
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