Steward Middle Ages

Question 0

Fief

Answer 0

Land given by a lord to a vassal in payment for military service

Question 1

Manor

Answer 1

Large estates or farms owned by the lords

Question 2

Chivalry

Answer 2

Knight’s code of conduct

Question 3

Guild

Answer 3

Organization of people in the same trade or craft

Question 4

Black Death

Answer 4

Bubonic Plague, disease carried by fleas on rats

Question 5

What were the results of the Black Death?

Answer 5

Decline in feudalism
Manufacturing growth
Growth of cities/towns

Question 6

Middle Ages

Answer 6

Medieval times from 500 to 1500 A.D.

Question 7

Feudalism

Answer 7

System of power in medieval Europe; each person was loyal to those with more land and power

Question 8

Nation

Answer 8

Large area with one government

Question 9

Castles

Answer 9

Built for protection of those living on the manor

Question 10

Vassal

Answer 10

Person who received land in payment for loyalty and military services

Question 11

Serf

Answer 11

Person considered part of the land; lowest class in feudal system

Question 12

Apprentice

Answer 12

Person who learns a trade from a skilled worker

Question 13

King John

Answer 13

English king who was forced to sign the Magna Carta

Question 14

Pope Urban II

Answer 14

Gave the speech which began the Crusades

Question 15

Lord

Answer 15

Wealthy noble who owned a large estate or manor; had a duty to protect people who pledged loyalty to him

Question 16

Peasants

Answer 16

Lower class people who were able to improve their standard of living when they left the manors and moved to the cities

Question 17

Knight

Answer 17

Protected the manor/estate of his noble

Question 18

Joan of Arc

Answer 18

Peasant girl who led the French to victory in the Hundred Years’ War

Question 19

Magna Carta

Answer 19

Document King John was forced to sign; gave rights to the nobles, limited the rights of the King, first step to modern democracy

Question 20

Hundred Years’ War

Answer 20

War between England and France

Question 21

Crusades

Answer 21

Wars fought by Christians to take the Holy Land from the Muslims

Question 22

What were the results of the Crusades?

Answer 22

Growth of trade
Use of money
Feudalism grew weaker
Culture brought back from the East

Question 23

Roman Catholic Church

Answer 23

Major religion in Europe during the Middle Ages

Question 24

Holy Land

Answer 24

Land sacred to the Christians, Muslims and Jews

Question 25

Excommunicate

Answer 25

Force someone out of the Church

Question 26

What were the powers of the church?

Answer 26

Make laws
Run the courts
Collect taxes
Collect fiefs
Advise Kings
Excommunicate

Question 27

Why did the church and feudalism grow during the Middle Ages?

Answer 27

There was no centralized and/or strong empire and Western Europe was in chaos after the barbarian invasions

Question 28

How did the Crusades and the Black Death help bring Europe out of the Middle Ages?

Answer 28

Trade grew again
Culture was brought back
Workers were in need
Manufacturing grew
Pay was given for work
Towns grew