The Middle Ages - Vocabulary

Question 1

Vassal

Answer 1

A noble who served a lord of higher rank

working for someone; must be of higher rank

Question 2

Christianity

Answer 2

the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus

Question 3

Charlemagne

Answer 3

the leader of the Franks from 768 to 814 C.E., who unified most of the Christian lands of Europe into a single empire.

Question 4

Feudalism

Answer 4

the economic and political system of medieval Europe in which people exchanged loyalty and labor for a lord’s protection
brought by William the Conqueror to England
Class Definition: a system of social order during the High Middle Ages that provides protection and keeps order by exchanging loyalty, land, and protection

Question 5

Fief

Answer 5

land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service;

Question 6

Serf

Answer 6

a peasant who could not leave the lord’s land on which he or she was born and worked

Question 7

chivalry

Answer 7

the medieval knight’s code of ideal behavior, including bravery, loyalty, and respect for women