Chapter 15 vocab

Question 1

fjord

Answer 1

steep-sided valley that is an inlet of the sea

Question 2

missionary

Answer 2

person who travels to carry the ideas of a religion to others

Question 3

excommunicate

Answer 3

to declare that a person or group no longer belongs to a church

Question 4

feudalism

Answer 4

political system based on bonds of loyalty between lords and vassels

Question 5

concordat

Answer 5

agreement between the pop and the ruler of a country

Question 6

vassel

Answer 6

in feudalism, a noble who held land from and served a higher-ranking lord, and in return was giving protection

Question 7

fief

Answer 7

under feudalism, the land a lord granted to a vassel in return was given protections

Question 8

knight

Answer 8

in the Middle Ages, a noble warrior who fought on horseback

Question 9

serf

Answer 9

peasant laborer bound by law to the lands of a noble

Question 10

guild

Answer 10

medieval business group formed by craftspeople and merchants

Question 11

grand jury

Answer 11

group that decides whether there is enough evidence to accuse a person of a crime

Question 12

trial jury

Answer 12

group that decide whether an accused person is innocent or guilt

Question 13

clergy

Answer 13

religious officials, such as priests, given authority to conduct religious services

Question 14

heresy

Answer 14

belief that differs from or contradicts the accepted teachings of a religion

Question 15

mass

Answer 15

Catholic worship service

Question 16

anti-semitism

Answer 16

hatred of Jews

Question 17

theology

Answer 17

the study of religion and God

Question 18

scholasticism

Answer 18

medieval way of thinking that tried to bring together reason and faith in studies of religion

Question 19

vernacular

Answer 19

everyday language used i a country or region

Question 20

plague

Answer 20

disease that spreads quickly and kills many people

Question 21

Reconquista

Answer 21

(“reconquest”) Christian struggle to take back the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslims