Step 2: Explain Why It Matters

Put your reading into practice. Identify each term below, and then explain why it matters in world history.

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TERM WHO OR WHAT & WHEN WHY IT MATTERS
vassal
fief
feudalism
manorialism
serf
heresy
reconquista
Crusades
chivalry
craft guilds
commercial revolution
Scholastics
Gothic
vernacular literature
Black Death