Feudalism
This social system organized people into kings, nobles, knights, and peasants.
Feudalism
Clue: The highest rank in medieval society who ruled the land.
Answer: Who is the king?
Fortified homes where lords and nobles lived.
Answer: What are castles?
Most medieval people worked in this job.
Answer: What is farming?
Medieval books were often copied by hand in these religious communities.
Answer: What are monasteries?
These warriors served nobles and followed a code of chivalry.
Answer: knights
Clue: Wealthy landowners who advised the king.
Answer: Who are nobles?
The protective water-filled ditch around a castle.
Answer: What is a moat?
A self-sufficient estate that included farmland, villages, and the lord’s house.
Answer: What is a manor?
People who lived in monasteries and devoted their lives to religion.
Answer: Who are monks?
Land granted by a lord to a vassal was called this.
Answer: fief
Answer: fief
People who worked the land and paid taxes to the lord.
Answer: Who are peasants?
The strongest tower in a castle where people went during attacks.
Answer: What is the keep?
Answer: What is the keep?
Disease that killed millions of Europeans in the 1300s.
Answer: What is the Black Death?
Decorative handwritten books with gold and colorful designs.
Answer: What are illuminated manuscripts?
Answer: What are illuminated manuscripts?
This French heroine helped lead France to victory before being executed.
Answer: Who is Joan of Arc?
This code guided knight behavior, including bravery and loyalty.
Answer: What is chivalry?
Archers shot arrows from openings called this.
Answer: What are arrow slits?
Skilled workers such as blacksmiths and carpenters belonged to these groups.
Answer: What are guilds?
Religious journeys people took to visit holy sites like Rome or Jerusalem.
What are pilgrimages?
Clue: The fall of this empire helped start the Middle Ages.
Answer: What is the Roman Empire?
The ceremony where a knight promised loyalty to a lord.
Answer: What is homage?
Large machines used to launch rocks at castle walls.
Answer: What are catapults or trebuchets?
Heavy armor worn by knights in battle.
Answer: What is plate armor?
This medieval art style often showed religious scenes using stained glass, paintings, and sculptures to teach Bible stories.
Answer: What is religious art?