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