People
The Geography of Europe
Feudalism
Terms
This and That
100
The Franks settled here.
What is France?
100
This is the word for a body of land surrounded on three sides by water.
What is peninsula?
100
A worker who could not leave the land was called this.
What is a serf?
100
Monasteries were home to these men.
What are monks?
100
One of the inventions that improved farming during this time.
What is the wheeled plow or the horse collar?
200
The people from Scandinavia who raided villages.
Who were the Vikings?
200
A fjord is this.
What is a narrow inlet of the sea?
200
This person farmed the land but was able to move from place to place and could marry without permission.
What is a peasant?
200
A group of craftsmen or artisans were called this.
What is a guild?
200
Charlemagne believed in this for all of his people
What is an education?
300
The Angles and the Saxons settled here.
What is England?
300
Europe has many different cultures because of these.
What are rivers and mountains?
300
Under this system, landowning nobles governed and protected the people in return for services.
What is feudalism?
300
This invention allowed knights to ride horses and hold a weapon at the same time.
What is a stirrup?
300
The Middle Ages began in 500 A.D. with the fall of this great empire.
What is Roman?
400
The Celts settled here.
What is Ireland (or Scotland or Wales)?
400
Navigable rivers in Europe were used for this.
What is trade?
400
Medieval knights followed a code of conduct called the Code of this.
What is chivalry?
400
A young man who is learning a trade is called this. (Also Beetle was this to the Midwife..)
What is an apprentice?
400
One of the purposes of a craft guild was to do this.
What is set prices? (or control quality or decide who can be in the trade)
500
This religious group was defeated at the Battle of Tours.
What is the Muslims?
500
This city in northern Italy was the end of the Silk Road.
What is Venice?
500
This is the term for land granted to a vassal for his services.
What is fief?
500
A noble who serves a lord of a higher rank is called this.
What is a vassal?
500
Monasteries fulfilled these two roles.
What is helped travelers, nursed sick, helped poor, built schools, copied over the Bible and other books?
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