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 * 1) Latin West-Term for the territories that adhered Latin Christianity and used the Latin language.
 * 2) three-field system-a rotational system in agriculture in which one field grows grain, one grows legumes, and one lies fallow.
 * 3) Black Death-bubonic plague that spread across Asia, North Africa, and Europe, killing immense populations.
 * 4) water wheel-wheel that harnesses energy in flowing water to grind grain or to give power to machinery.
 * 5) Hanseatic League-economic and defensive alliance founded by German states.
 * 6) guild-[Medieval Europe]-men who were merchants, artisans, or professors who worked and banded together in trade.
 * 7) Gothic Cathedral-made first appearances in France. Churches built with tall spires, flying buttresses, tall vaults and pointed arches.
 * 8) Renaissance-period of intense artistic and intellectual activity. Rebirth of Greco-Roman culture.
 * 9) universities-degree granting institutions of higher learning.
 * 10) scholasticism-philosophical and theological system, associated with Thomas Aquinas.
 * 11) humanists-European scholars, writers, and teachers associated with the study of humanities.
 * 12) printing press-mechanical device for the transfer of text/images from woodblock onto paper using ink
 * 13) Great Western Schism-division in the Latin Christian Church between 1378 and 1417.
 * 14) Hundred Years War-campaigns over control of the throne of France involving them and the English.
 * 15) new monarchies-monarchs in Spain, England and France between 1450-1600.
 * 16) reconquest-military campaigns by various Iberian Christian states to recapture territory taken by the Muslims.