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Pathways Chapter 2
BC cirriculum
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Political Studies
8th Grade
12/05/2007

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Normandy
Definition
an area, now part of France, that was home to the Normans, who were descended from the Vikings
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tapestry
Definition
a thick, embroided cloth picture used as a wall hanging
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vassal
Definition
one who swears loyalty to a lord
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lord
Definition
a feudal superior
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feudal contract
Definition
the bargain between a lord and his vassal
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Anglo-Saxon
Definition
the earliest English, a Germanic people
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housecarl
Definition
soldier
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technology
Definition
things humans make to use as tools
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cavalry
Definition
soldiers on horseback
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lance
Definition
a long spear
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inpenetrable
Definition
impossible to pass
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propaganda
Definition
an effort to sread opinions or beliefs, sometimes by disorting the truth
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audience
Definition
a hearing, an interview
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monumental
Definition
very important
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allegiance
Definition
loyalty
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homage
Definition
formal acknowledgement
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contract
Definition
a formal agreement
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lord of the manor
Definition
the tenant of a noble, who has inherited the right to run a manor and profit from it
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freeholder
Definition
a person who owns their land
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shire
Definition
county
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hide
Definition
about 40 hectares, generally enough to sustain one family
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livestock
Definition
farm animals
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self-sufficient
Definition
independent
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thatching
Definition
using special grass to make roofs for buildings
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fletching
Definition
fitting feathers on arrows
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demense
Definition
lands set aside for the lord of the manor
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baliff
Definition
the person who collected rents and supervised serfs and freeholders on a manor
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fallow
Definition
ploughed and left unseeded
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sustainable
Definition
can keep going,year after year, without deteriorating
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wattle and daub
Definition
woven sticks covered with clay or mud
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vermin
Definition
lice, fleas, and bedbugs
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louse
Definition
a small, wingless insect that lives and feeds on mammals, including human beings
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pullet
Definition
young chicken
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green cheese
Definition
unripe cheese
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curds
Definition
cottage cheese
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collop
Definition
slice of meat
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dung
Definition
manure
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drought
Definition
a long period without rain
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Lammas
Definition
August 1, a feast to celebrate the first wheat harvest
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falcon
Definition
a bird of prey
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troubadour
Definition
a medieval singer who wrote and sang poems about chivalry and love
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obligation
Definition
duty
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ward
Definition
an orphan who is put in another person's care until they become an adult
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skepical of
Definition
doubting the truth of
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relic
Definition
an item associated with a saint;thought to have great powers
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to excommunicate
Definition
to cancel a person's membership in the Church
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tithe
Definition
money or produce given to the Church, worth approximately one-tenth of one's income.
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ecclesiastical
Definition
having to do with the Church
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chastity
Definition
virtue, modesty, doing without sex
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to prosecute
Definition
to present evidence to provea person's guilt
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to sue
Definition
to seek compensation for a personal wrong
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judge
Definition
one who hears and decides cases in court
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to try
Definition
to determine guilt or innocence
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ordeal
Definition
dreadful experience
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assault
Definition
an attempt to physically harm another person
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treason
Definition
betraying's one country or ruler
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lenient
Definition
mild, merciful
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meddlesome
Definition
interfering
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canonize
Definition
to declare that a person is a saint
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shrine
Definition
a place of worship
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tall tale
Definition
an exaggerated, unlikely story
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imminent
Definition
immediate
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alienated
Definition
turned away
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incumbent
Definition
resting on as a duty
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interdict
Definition
an official act of the Catholic Church that keeps a person/group from participating in religious ceremonies
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