Vocabulary

Question 1

The Franks

Answer 1

a member of a Germanic people that conquered Gaulin the 6th century

Question 2

Pope

Answer 2

the bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church

Question 3

Monk

Answer 3

a member of a religious community of men

Question 4

Missionary

Answer 4

a person sent on a religious mission

Question 5

Nun

Answer 5

a member of a religious community of women

Question 6

Monastery

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Convet

Answer 7

a Christian community under monastic vows

Question 8

Charlemagne

Answer 8

Charles the Great,king of the Franks 768-814

Question 9

Carolingian Dynasty

Answer 9

a Frankish dynasty founded by Charlemagne’s father

Question 10

Middle Ages

Answer 10

the period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the west 5th century

Question 11

Viking

Answer 11

any of the Scandinavian seafaring pirates and traders

Question 12

Mongol

Answer 12

a native or inhabitant of Mongolia

Question 13

Genghis Khan

Answer 13

mongol conqueror of most of Asia and of Europe to the Dnieper River

Question 14

Khanate

Answer 14

the area government by a khan

Question 15

The Golden Horde

Answer 15

the army of mongol tartars that overran eastern Europe in the 13th century

Question 16

Feudalism

Answer 16

the dominant social system in medieval Europe

Question 17

Vassal

Answer 17

a holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance

Question 18

knight

Answer 18

a man who served his sovereign or lord as a mounted soldier in armor

Question 19

fief

Answer 19

an estate of lord

Question 20

Chivalry

Answer 20

the medieval knightly system with its religious,moral,and social code

Question 21

Manor

Answer 21

concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness

Question 22

Serf

Answer 22

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