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27 Cards in this Set
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Temprate
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mild climate
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deforestation
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process of clearing trees
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navigable
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able to sail through a river that is navigable
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Middle Ages
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A.D. 500 - 1400s
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manor
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large estates owned by wealthy nobles
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serf
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workers who worked on manors
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feudalism
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way of organizing and governing society based on land and service
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lord
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at the top of the feudal soiety, nobles who owned a manor
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vassal
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Lord's assistant who takes an oath of loyalty to the Lord
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fief
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seprate manor
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guild
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groups in which traders and Craftworkers would organize themselves into.
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Magna Carta
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legal document written by english lords that limited the King's power
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monastery
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community in which monks lead lives devoted to religion
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nun
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a woman who devotes her life to religion
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convent
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religious commuinty in which nuns live
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cathedral
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large or important Christian church
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saint
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woman or man who is considered to be holy by religious group
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Crusade
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any of the journeys and battles undertaken by the Europen Christains to win control of the Holy Land from the Muslims
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plauge
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terrible disease the spreads quickly and kills many people slowly and painfully
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Renaissance
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period of great cultural and artistic change
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humanism
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idea important to renaissancethat focusses on human values
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patron
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a supporter of the arts
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indulgence
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a pardon given by the Roman Catholic Church
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reform
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to change
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Reformation
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movement to bring reform the the Catholic Church
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Protestanism
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beliefs of the christans who opposed the Roman Catholic Chruch
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armada
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fleet of warships
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