Social Studies
What is the name of the system in which the king owns the land, gives it to the vassals and the knights, and they give protection to the peasants who work the land?
The Feudal System
What was the most important feature of a castle?
It's defenses
What is a jennet?
A female donkey
Name at least 4 seas that people in Europe can go to.
The Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, the North Sea, the White Sea, the Sea of Azov
What is the biggest country in Europe?
Russia
In the Middle Ages, people who did similar jobs would be united into groups called ______________.
Guilds
What was the castle's last defense?
The Keep
What could people receive in an almonry?
They could receive food, clothing and money.
Name the Scandinavian contries.
Sweden, Norway, Finland
Name the countries that are part of Great Britain
England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales
If you needed shoes and clothes, you woulg have to visit a __________ and a _______________.
cobbler and a tailor
What was a purpose of a siege?
To make the castle surrender
What is a missal? Who would create it?
A letter. A scribe
What countries are in Central Europe (picture the map to answer, name at least 3).
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria
Name at least 3 countries that border Germany
France, Poland, Szech Republic, Switzerland
Which virus killed 1 out of 3 Europeans in the Middle Ages? How was it spread (name at least two ways).
The black plague. It was carried by fleas, which were carried by rats. You could get it by being bitten by a flea or from another person coughing.
Name at least three parts of the castle that were designed to protect it.
The battlements, the portcullus, the moat
What were the steps to becoming a knight?
A boy became a page, a squire, a knight.
Name the Baltic countries.
Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia
Name at least 3 Estern European Countries.
Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Russia
When did the plague epidemic start? How long did it last?
1346, about 6 years.
Name three attack weapons designed to break through a castle defense system
Battling ram, a catapult, a mace
What were the steps to membership of a craft guild?
A boy became an apprentice (at 7), then he was a journeyman (Allowed to work for pay), than he became a master, than he could open his own shop.
If you want to go swimming in the Mediterranean Sea, what countries can you go to? Name at least 4.
France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey
Name the Balkan nations (at least 4)
Croatia, Monte-Negro, Albania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo