World History – Chapter 13 Review – Terms – Flashcards
Unlock all answers in this set
Unlock answersquestion
Beowulf
answer
The greatest Saxon poem which still remains today
question
Archbishop of Canterbury
answer
The most influential church office in England
question
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
answer
Used by King Alfred the great to make Englishmen aware of their common history through a running account of current events
question
Norman Conquest
answer
Name later given to the Battle of Hastings
question
Domesday Book
answer
"Doomsday" or "day of judgment"; book which recorded the census of the English people and their property for tax purposes
question
Plantagenet
answer
Line of kings begun by henry II; so named for the sprig of the broom plant (plante genet) that henry's father Geoffrey, count of Anjou, wore in his hat
question
Common law
answer
Laws common to all Englishmen
question
Trial by jury
answer
A trial in which a group of people are called to give a verdict, or true statements, regarding a legal matter
question
Magna Carta
answer
Document which made it clear that the king was not above the laws of England
question
Constitution
answer
A written plan which sets up a form of government and establishes its basic governing principles
question
Model Parliament
answer
Edward I's representative form of Parliament which included two representatives from each shire and town
question
Prince of Wales
answer
Title given to the eldest son and heir of the English sovereign in honor of Llewellyn, the Prince of Wales
question
Hundred Years' War
answer
Began with a dispute over the throne of France between Edward III and the French mobility; lasted from 1337 to 1438; France ultimately won
question
Wars of the Roses
answer
War between the House of Lancaster and the House of York, so named because the Lancasters used a red rose as their emblem and the Yorks a white rose as theirs; lasted from 1455 to 1485
question
Battle of Bosworth Field
answer
Battle in 1485 which marked the end of the Wars of the Roses when henry Tudor defeated the last York ruler and became Henry VII, the first Tudor king of England
question
Estates-General
answer
The French version of Parliament
question
House of Valois
answer
Claimed the throne of France after the last Capetian died in 1328, provoking the Hundred Years' War with England
question
Reconquista
answer
Series of crusades fought in Spain and Portugal to expel the Moors fro the land
question
Spanish Inquisition
answer
Effort of the Roman Catholic church and the Spanish monarchy to root up and destroy all "heretics" in Spain
question
Western civilization
answer
Modern European civilization
question
Age of Exploration
answer
Time in history when the nations of Europe began in earnest to explore distant lands across uncharted seas
question
Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
answer
The three ships which Columbus used on his first voyage to the New World
question
Conquistadors
answer
Spanish "conquerors" who explored and conquered the New World in hopes of bringing glory to Spain and spreading Romanism among the native inhabitants
question
Line of Demarcation
answer
Imaginary line drawn up by Pope alexander VI in 1493 to settle rivalry over the New World between Spain and Portugal
question
Northwest Passage
answer
Supposed water route through North America to the Pacific
