Vocab words

Question 1

The Franks

Answer 1

A member of a Germanic people that conquered Gaul in the 6th century and controlled much of western Europe for several centuries afterward.

Question 2

Pope

Answer 2

The bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church.

Question 3

Missionary

Answer 3

A person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country.

Question 4

Nun

Answer 4

A member of a religious community of women, especially a cloistered one, living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

Question 5

Monastery

Answer 5

A building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows.

Question 6

Convent

Answer 6

A Christian community under monastic vows, especially one of nuns.

Question 7

Clovis

Answer 7

A Paleo-Indian culture of Central and North America, dated to about 11,500–11,000 years ago and earlier. The culture is distinguished by heavy, leaf-shaped stone spearheads.

Question 8

Charlemagne

Answer 8

The first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; his name means “Charles the Great.”

Question 9

Khanate

Answer 9

Khanate or Khaganate is a political entity ruled by a Khan or Khagan.

Question 10

The Golden Horde

Answer 10

The Golden Horde was one of the four empires that emerged as a result of the division of the Great Mongol Empire.

Question 11

Feudalism

Answer 11

The dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants (villeins or serfs) were obliged to live on their lord’s land and give him homage, labor, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection.

Question 12

Vassal

Answer 12

A holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance.

Question 13

Knight

Answer 13

(in the Middle Ages) A man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor.

Question 14

Fief

Answer 14

An estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service.

Question 15

Chivalry

Answer 15

The medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.

Question 16

Monk

Answer 16

A member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

Question 17

Carolingian Dynasty

Answer 17

The Carolingian dynasty was a Frankish noble family with origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century AD.

Question 18

Middle Ages

Answer 18

The period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (5th century) to the fall of Constantinople (1453), or, more narrowly, from circa 1100 to 1453.

Question 19

Vikings

Answer 19

Any of the Scandinavian seafaring pirates and traders who raided and settled in many parts of northwestern Europe in the 8th–11th centuries.

Question 20

Manor

Answer 20

A large country house with lands; the principal house of a landed estate.

Question 21

Serf

Answer 21

An agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord’s estate.