Module 2

Question 1

peasants who worked on a lord’s land

Answer 1

Serfs

Question 2

those who leased land from a lord and pledged fealty

Answer 2

Vassals

Question 3

the lending of money with a charge of interest, especially at a high rate of interest

Answer 3

Usury

Question 4

making an area into a town; the migration of people from the country to a town or city

Answer 4

Urbanization

Question 5

a system under which land and titles were inherited by the eldest son (or other male heir)

Answer 5

primogeniture

Question 6

an artisan who has mastered his or her craft or trade, may operate a workshop and train apprentices

Answer 6

master

Question 7

a worker who has learned a trade and practices by working for a master artisan in exchange for a salary or a wage

Answer 7

journeyman

Question 8

a method of suicide used by the samurai of Japan

Answer 8

hara-kiri

Question 9

a group of people with common interests and goals who unite for their mutual benefit

Answer 9

guild

Question 10

tracts of land that powerful people leased to less powerful people

Answer 10

fief

Question 11

an especially long narrative poem, generally one that recounts the deeds of a hero

Answer 11

epic

Question 12

a code of conduct for knights, which dictated honorable behavior

Answer 12

chivalry

Question 13

a code of behavior for the samurai of Japan

Answer 13

bushido

Question 14

one who learns a craft or a trade through service to another

Answer 14

apprentice

Question 15

a member of the merchant class in a German medieval town, or commune

Answer 15

burgher