The Middle Ages-Vocabulary
  • 1. A political and social system in which kings gave land to nobles in exchange for the noble's promise to serve them; those nobles provided military service as knights for the king
A) republic
B) fiefs
C) feudalism
D) monarch
  • 2. These tracks of land given as a reward from the king. Each fief came with serfs, buildings and obligations.
A) manor
B) forum
C) fiefs
D) guild
  • 3. The period in European history between ancient and modern times; approx. 500-1500 AD
A) dowry
B) Middle Ages
C) serfs
D) Parthenon
  • 4. The Latin term for the Middle Ages.
A) medieval
B) chivalry
C) plebeians
D) manor
  • 5. A piece of land given to a lord by the king; includes castle, small village, farmlands, and people (serfs)
A) guild
B) patricians
C) manor
D) fiefs
  • 6. The people who live on the land and farm it; also called peasants.
A) serfs
B) Mrs. DiCenzo
C) journeyman
D) clergy
  • 7. A system of inheritance where all property is handed down to the first born son.
A) fiefs
B) guild
C) aquaducts
D) primogeniture
  • 8. A set of rules for honorable behavior followed by knights.
A) manor
B) clergy
C) chivalry
D) laws
  • 9. A boy who is learning a craft from a master.
A) Gatsby
B) serfs
C) journeyman
D) apprentice
  • 10. A boy who had learned his craft and may now work in his trade.
A) serfs
B) journeyman
C) clergy
D) pope
  • 11. A medieval association of merchants or craftsmen.
A) manor
B) medieval
C) guild
D) dowry
  • 12. A present of money, goods or land given by a bride's father to her husband.
A) dowry
B) manor
C) Parthenon
D) serfs
  • 13. Religious workers
A) journeyman
B) serfs
C) fiefs
D) clergy
  • 14. The head of the Roman Catholic Church
A) fiefs
B) clergy
C) apprentice
D) pope
  • 15. Female religious workers who lived in small communities called convents.
A) chivalry
B) pope
C) guild
D) nuns
  • 16. Male religious workers who lived in small communities called monasteries.
A) soldiers
B) apprentice
C) pope
D) monks
  • 17. Books that were hand-copied by monks
A) illuminated manuscripts
B) monks
C) guild
D) dowry
  • 18. Also known as the "Black Death"; spread by fleas living on infected rats.
A) pope
B) middle ages
C) serfs
D) bubonic plague
  • 19. Poet-musicians who traveled from town to town playing for people and spreading news, tales and songs.
A) manor
B) middle ages
C) troubadour
D) guild
  • 20. The first model for government with representation; it became one of the basis for the US Constitution.
A) magna carta
B) middle sages
C) dowry
D) clergy
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