Year 9 SOSE Term 1
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. Feudal
A. The period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world
2. England
B. Someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
3. Vassal
C. A state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests
4. Luther
D. A privileged class holding hereditary titles
5. Henry
E. The savage and excessive killing of many people
6. Reformation
F. German theologian who led the Reformation
7. Renaissance
G. The act of ___ something
8. Discovery
H. Country in the UK whose capital is London
9. MagnaCarta
I. Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain
10. Exploration
J. Country and continent known for kangaroos
11. Aborigines
K. The royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215
12. Settlement
L. A unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when
13. Massacre
M. A careful systematic search
14. Aristocracy
N. A person holding a fief
15. Criminal
O. A member of the people living in Australia when Europeans arrived (plural)
16. Indulgence
P. A gallant or courtly gentleman (plural)
17. Conflict
Q. An inability to resist the gratification of whims and desires
18. Cavaliers
R. An organization of ___ in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work (plural)
19. Medieval
S. A body of people who ___ far from home but maintain ties with their homeland
20. Missions
T. Relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
21. Magellan
U. Of or relating to or characteristic of ___
22. Australia
V. Improvement in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc