unit 4 vocab world studies

Question 1

Another name for the Middle Ages

Answer 1

Medieval

Question 2

Royal officials under Charlemagne who traveled around the country to enforce the king’s laws

Answer 2

Missi Dominici

Question 3

Course of study in a school or college

Answer 3

Curriculum

Question 4

A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land, main social system in medieval Europe

Answer 4

Feudalism

Question 5

A knight who promised to support a lord in exchange for land, a holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance

Answer 5

Vassal

Question 6

An agreement between a nobleman and a king or queen

Answer 6

Feudal Contract

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Fief

Question 8

A man who received honor and land in exchange for serving a lord as a soldier

Answer 8

Knight

Question 9

The qualities idealized by knighthood such as bravery and gallantry toward women

Answer 9

Chivalry

Question 10

A poet or musician who traveled around and entertained people with songs about chivalry and country love

Answer 10

troubador

Question 11

A large estate, often including farms and a village, ruled by a lord

Answer 11

Manor

Question 12

A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord

Answer 12

Serf

Question 13

something considered to have sacred significance

Answer 13

Sacrament

Question 14

not subject to or bound by religious rule

Answer 14

Secular

Question 15

the claim of medieval popes that they have authority over all secular rulers

Answer 15

Papal Supremacy

Question 16

the taking away of a person’s right of membership in a Christian church; banishment

Answer 16

Excommunication

Question 17

hostility to or prejudice against Jews

Answer 17

Antisemitism

Question 18

document ordering the payment of money

Answer 18

Bill of Exchange

Question 19

a system of law based on precedent and customs

Answer 19

Common Law

Question 20

a ceremony in which kings and nobles appointed church officials

Answer 20

Lay investiture

Question 21

a strong movement to advance cause or idea; to campaign, work vigorously

Answer 21

Crusade

Question 22

a formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions

Answer 22

Schism

Question 23

acceptance of people who held difference religious beliefs

Answer 23

Religious toleration

Question 24

the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region

Answer 24

Vernacular