The Middle Ages

Question 0

PEASANT

Answer 0

An old word for farmer.

Question 1

FEUDAL SYTEM

Answer 1

How land was distributed in the Middle Ages.

Question 2

SERF

Answer 2

A peasant who paid taxes to the lord, king, and farmed their lord’s land.

Question 3

FREEMAN

Answer 3

Like a serf, but with the right to marriage and travel.

Question 4

DEMESNE

Answer 4

Percentage of the land the king kept for himself.

Question 5

VASSALS

Answer 5

King’s followers, Earls, Counts, Bishops, Abbots.

Question 6

KNIGHTS

Answer 6

Soldiers who rode into battle on horseback.

Question 7

MEDIEVAL MANOR

Answer 7

Where the lords and peasants lived. A medieval village.

Question 8

OPEN-FIELD SYSTEM.

Answer 8

A 3 field farming method. Fallow

Question 9

WIMPLE

Answer 9

What rich women wore on their head.

Question 10

POTTAGE

Answer 10

A mixture of porridge and vegetable soup.

Question 11

BAILIFF

Answer 11

The medieval sherriff. Collected taxes and made arrests. He kept the peace. Peasants were scared of him.

Question 12

STOCKS

Answer 12

A medieval form of punishment. Your head and hands were placed in a wooden block and you had to stand there while people threw rotten vegetables at you.

Question 13

DUCKING STOOL

Answer 13

A seat in which gossiping women were sat in and repeatedly ducked into a lake.

Question 14

TITHE

Answer 14

When the peasants had to give one tenth of their crops to the priest.

Question 15

MOTTE AND BAILEY

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The first castle. The motte was the lookout on a hill and the bailey was the residential section.

Question 16

THE KEEP

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The main building of the stone castle where the lord and lady, their families, and some soldiers lived.

Question 17

BATTLEMENTS

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Lookout on top of the keep. Sentries kept guard.

Question 18

TURRETS

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Strong towers along the walls.

Question 19

DRAWBRIDGE

Answer 19

To cross the moat. Raised during a raid and at night.

Question 20

PORTCULLIS

Answer 20

A big heavy iron grill in front of the gate. Could be lowered.

Question 21

RAMPARTS

Answer 21

Ran along the top of top of the walls. Soldiers walked along these.

Question 22

LATRINES

Answer 22

The toilets of the castle. In the corner of one of the towers of the keep.

Question 23

FORGE

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Where the blacksmith made weapons and horse shoes. In the courtyard.

Question 24

BALLISTA

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A giant crossbow fired at the castle in a siege.

Question 25

SOLAR

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The room in which women did embroydery. Faced south and was the warmest room of the castle.

Question 26

TAPESTRIES

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Thick heavy embroidered hung on the walls for warmth.

Question 27

HAWKING

Answer 27

Hawks were tamed and trained to hunt other birds.

Question 28

TOURNAMENT

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Where knights fought mock battles.

Question 29

DOWRY

Answer 29

When a noble woman's parents gave money or cattle to her husband.

Question 30

PAGE

Answer 30

The first stage of becoming a knight at age 7. Learned: Manners, how to ride, to use a sword, and music.

Question 31

SQUIRE

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Second stage of becoming a knight at 14. Went to war with his lord and carried his weapons.

Question 32

CHIVALRY

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A code of honour the squire has to swear to uphold during his dubbing. Involves being polite to women and children, and never fleeing from battle.

Question 33

TOWNEY

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Where a group of knights fight with blunt weapons in a tournament.

Question 34

JOUST

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Two knights had to knock each other off their horse.

Question 35

DUBBING

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The ceremony in which the squire becomes a knight at 21. Swears to uphold the code of chivalry.

Question 36

CURFEW

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When the bells rang in the manor, all the fires had to be killed.

Question 37

CHARTER

Answer 37

A legal document where the king allows a town to run itself.

Question 38

GUILD

Answer 38

The rulers of the town were in the guild. They voted for corporation.

Question 39

CRAFTSPERSON

Answer 39

Made things people needed.

Question 40

JOURNEYMAN

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What a craftsperson becomes at 19. He is now paid and can travel.

Question 41

WHAT ARE THE 2 TYPES OF MEDIEVAL CHURCHES?

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Romanesque and gothic.

Question 42

ROMANESQUE CHURCHES HAVE

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Round arches, thick round columns, a dark inside, and small windows.

Question 43

GOTHIC CHURCHES HAVE

Answer 43

Spires, slim columns, big stain glass windows, gargoyles and painted arches.

Question 44

MONASTERY

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A place where people who devoted their lives to God lived.

Question 45

DORMITORY

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Where the monks slept.

Question 46

CLOISTERS

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A square garden in the middle of the monastery. Where monks liked to walk and pray.

Question 47

CHAPTER HOUSE

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Where the new abbot was elected and monks discussed business in the monastery.

Question 48

TONSURE

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The haircut monks had.

Question 49

REFECTORY

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Where the monks ate their meals in silence.

Question 50

THE INFIRMARY

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Where the sick were nursed.

Question 51

LIBRARY

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Where monks studied or copied manuscripts.

Question 52

GUEST HOUSE

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Where the monks gave food to poor people and travellers.

Question 53

GUEST HOUSE

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Where the monks gave food to poor people and travellers.

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NOVICE

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First stage of becoming a monk.

Question 55

PRAYERS

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Matins (morning) Vespers (evening) Compline (night)

Question 56

PRIOR

Answer 56

The second in command.

Question 57

ABBOT

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The head of the monastery.

Question 58

ALMONER

Answer 58

Looked after travellers.

Question 59

INFIRMARIAN

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Looked after the sick.

Question 60

FRIAR

Answer 60

Like travelling doctors.