Places
A city in the Holy Land which contains sites of extreme significance to Muslims, Jews, and Christians
What is Jerusalem
This is an association of craftspeople who work to set prices for their goods and train apprentices
What is a Craft Guild
A person who is beginning to learn a trade. They typically start as a child and work for a master
What is an Apprentice
These people conquered the Roman province of Gaul and loved to make war
Who are the Franks
The largest and best house on the manor. It often had several rooms and a large hall in which to entertain guests
What is the Manor House
This city was at the heart of the Roman Empire and features such buildings as the Colosseum and St. Peter’s Basilica, a grand Cathedral designed by Michelangelo
What is Rome
a network of trade routes which ran from China to Europe and upon which luxury goods like silk and spices were taken to new markets
What is the Silk Road
A person who provides money and other support to artists
What is a Patron
A group of Germanic peoples, including the Angles, Jutes, and Saxons, who migrated to England and displaced the Celts
Who are the Anglo Saxons
Most medieval manors and villages were built near one of these water features, used to power the mill and irrigate the crops
What is a river or a stream
The capital of the Aztec Empire, this city was built upon Lake Texcoco which the Aztec desalinated so that it could be used for irrigation
What is Tenochtitlan
A gathering of merchants selling goods from exotic places. These could not be held during the winter.
What is a Fair
A local militia, formed by Anglo Saxon men, to protect their villages
What is a Fyrd
These people sailed from Scandinavia to raid the coasts of England, France, and other western European kingdoms. They would capture as much wealth as they could before sailing home for the winter.
Who are the Vikings
The process of creating the walls of a house using interwoven sticks and then caking them with mud
What is Wattle-and-Daub
This city, a former capital of the Roman Empire, was conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1453, restricting the flow of luxury goods from Asia into Europe.
What is Constantinople
A Venetian trader who traveled the Silk Road to China and then returned to Europe. He would go on to publish widely read travel memoirs.
Who is Marco Polo
A person who has created their “masterpiece” that was judged by a panel of masters for quality. If accepted, this person attains the highest level of skill in a guild that one can achieve
What is a Master
The vast majority of people in Europe were these during the Middle Ages. They worked the land for the lord
What are Serfs or Peasants
A portion of land which consisted of gardens and orchards around the lord’s house. The lord kept these lands for personal profit
What is the Demesne
An estate or parcel of land granted to a lord in exchange for loyalty and service
What is a fief
A trade route that runs through Canada’s Arctic Archipelago
What is the Northwest Passage
A person who has completed an apprenticeship and can be paid for their labour. They still work under the supervision of a master
What is a Journeyman
A people indigenous to Northern Mexico who built their capital city, Tenochtitlan, on swampy Lake Texcoco
Who are the Aztecs
A person who owns the land that they worked
What is a Freeholder