Middle Ages Vocab 2

Question 1

Centralize

Answer 1

To consolidate under 1 central authority

Question 2

Codify

Answer 2

Arrange laws or rules into a systematic code

Question 3

Decentralize

Answer 3

Transfer of power from 1 central authority to regional or local authorities

Question 4

Feudalism

Answer 4

a system in which people were given land and protection by people of higher rank, and in return they worked and fought for them

Question 5

Interdependence

Answer 5

State of being dependent on one another

Question 6

Manorialism

Answer 6

System by which the peasants of medieval Europe were tied to their land and their lord through serfdom.
(socio-economic system)

Question 7

Power Vacuum

Answer 7

When there is an absence in political power so people fill the gap of the vacuum

Question 8

Reform

Answer 8

Make changes in a social, political, or economic institution to improve it

Question 9

Secular

Answer 9

Not religious or neutral when it comes to religion

Question 10

Social Mobility

Answer 10

When people shift social classes