Medival Times

Question 1

When were the medival age

Answer 1

The Medival ages was from ad500 to 1500

Question 2

What is the population in Europe

Answer 2

The population in Europe Is about 25 and 30 million

Question 3

What is the feudal system

Answer 3

The feudal system is the way land was owned and society was organised in the middle ages

Question 4

What is a manor

Answer 4

A manor is the land and everything on it owned by the lord

Question 5

What is a peasant

Answer 5

A Peasant is a person who worked on the land

Question 6

What’s a serf (or sometimes called a villein)

Answer 6

A serf is a person who belonged to the lord and farmed his land

Question 7

What’s a freeman

Answer 7

A Freeman is a peasant who paid rent and tax to the lord but can travel as he pleases

Question 8

What was the payment peasant serfs and freeman had to pay

Answer 8

It was called a tithe

Question 9

How long would a peasant have to run to be a freeman

Answer 9

1 year and 1 day

Question 10

What is the forge

Answer 10

The forge is where blacksmiths made nails knives axes horseshoes and other iron good

Question 11

What is a watermill

Answer 11

A watermill is the killer ground wheat into flour

Question 12

What is a manor house

Answer 12

Manure house is where the lord lived

Question 13

What’s a demesne

Answer 13

A demesne is the lords private land

Question 14

What’s an Alehouse

Answer 14

An Alehouse is where peasants drank beer

Question 15

Who’s a bailiff

Answer 15

A bailiff is a person who looked after the lord accounts and kept law and order on the lords manor

Question 16

What’s an oxen

Answer 16

An oxen bis a type of cattle used for heavy work

Question 17

How did peasants build houses

Answer 17

Peasants used wattle and daub to make houses

Question 18

What r some past time???

Answer 18

Nought and crosses wrestling Carol singing was popular pastimes

Question 19

What would happen to a thief??

Answer 19

A thief’s hands would be cut off

Question 20

What are stocks?

Answer 20

Stocks are the wooden thing where the would place the person head hands pr feet

Question 21

What’s a motte and bailey?

Answer 21

A mottled and the hill the fort was on and a bailey is a big encloser where the lords soldiers lived

Question 22

What’s a keep?

Answer 22

A keep is the main building in the castle it was h

Where the lord and the lady lives

Question 23

What are the battlements??

Answer 23

The battlements are a walled platform at the top of the keep

Question 24

What are curtain walls

Answer 24

Curtain walls the outer walls or the castle

Question 25

What are turrets?

Answer 25

Turrets are strong towers along the walls

Question 26

What is a portcullis?

Answer 26

A portcullis is an iron grille taht could be lowered in front of the castle gate

Question 27

What are ramparts

Answer 27

Ramparts are platforms along the top of all the walls that were wide enough for soldiers to walk acroos

Question 28

What are the latrines??

Answer 28

Laterins were the toilets of the castle

Question 29

What was a siege

Answer 29

A siege is when enemies would surround the castle so no one could go in or out

Question 30

What are battering rams?

Answer 30

Battering rams were used to pound the fate

Question 31

What’s a ballista

Answer 31

A ballista was a giant crossbow and was used to fire large arrows

Question 32

Where did the lord and his family live

Answer 32

The lord and his family lived ina keep

Question 33

Whats a keep

Answer 33

A keep is a large square tower where the lords family lived

Question 34

What’s the solar room

Answer 34

The solar room is which the lady of the castle used to work such as embroidery

Question 35

What’s a minstrel

Answer 35

A minstrel is a travelling musician who entertained wealthy families

Question 36

What did they eat on??

Answer 36

They ate on wooden plates or big slices of bread called trenchers

Question 37

What was a past time for rich people

Answer 37

Hawking was a popular past time for rich people

Question 38

What’s hawking

Answer 38

Hawking I’d hunting with trained birds of prey

Question 39

Whats a tournament’s?

Answer 39

It’s an event where knights fought much battles against eachother

Question 40

What would happen at the tournaments

Answer 40

Knights would fight in teams (melées) or jousting

Question 41

What’s a dowry

Answer 41

A dowry is money or goods that a womens family gave to her husband when she got married

Question 42

What’s a wimpl

Answer 42

A simple is a head dress women wore

Question 43

What r the 3 types of soldiers??

Answer 43

Foot soilders:carried swords daggers and shields
Archers:used bows and arrows
Knights:most important in the army

Question 44

What is dubbing?

Answer 44

Dubbing is the ceremony with made a man a knight

Question 45

What’s the code of Chivalry?

Answer 45

Be brave love god and protect women and children

Question 46

What’s a toll

Answer 46

It’s a tax that traders had to pay at the towns gates

Question 47

What’s a high street

Answer 47

Is a main street of a town was paved with storss or wooden planks

Question 48

What’s a curfew?

Answer 48

It’s a time when all the forest had to be out in a medical town

Question 49

What’s a chamber pot??

Answer 49

Is a container shaped like a giant cup that was used as a toilet

Question 50

What’s fair green

Answer 50

Fairy green would take place outside the town walls and merchant would come all over the world to seek stuff

Question 51

What’s a craftsperson

Answer 51

Someone who has learned a skilled manual craft or trade

Question 52

What’s a guild

Answer 52

A guild is an organisation taht controlled it’s own craft or trade