U10 Vocab

Question 1

a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes

Answer 1

Fjord

Question 2

people who are sent by a religious organization to spread faith

Answer 2

Missionaries

Question 3

agreement between the pope and the ruler of the country

Answer 3

concordat

Question 4

the system of service between a lord and the vassals who have sworn loyalty to the lord; political order; under feudalism, nobles governed and protected people in return for services

Answer 4

Feudalism

Question 5

a person under the protection of a lord to whom he has vowed loyalty; a low-ranking noble under the protection of a feudal lord

Answer 5

vassal

Question 6

a feudal estate belonging to a vassal

Answer 6

fief

Question 7

a mounted man-at-arms serving a feudal supervisor

Answer 7

knight

Question 8

the system, spirit, or customs of medieval knighthood

Answer 8

chivalry

Question 9

a member of the peasant class tied to the land and subject to the will of the landowner

Answer 9

serf

Question 10

a group of merchants or craftsmen during medieval times; a group of merchants or craftspeople

Answer 10

guild

Question 11

a disease that spreads quickly and kills many people

Answer 11

plague

Question 12

the Christian “reconquest” of the Iberian Peninsula

Answer 12

reconquista

Question 13

ideas that go against Church teachings; a religious belief that contradicts what the Church says is true

Answer 13

heresey

Question 14

the everyday spoken language of a region

Answer 14

vernacular

Question 15

a way of thinking that combined faith and reason

Answer 15

scholasticism