The Middle Ages
What great fallen empire led to the middle ages as we have come to know it?
What is Rome or the fall of the Roman Empire
Describe the day of a serf
What is worked from sun up to sun down, not only doing the work of the lord in the field or with their animals, but then coming home to also have to care for your own animals or crops and then having to pay the lord for the taxes you have on your own home or land
Where did the merchants move to make the selling of their goods and produce easier?
What is into the towns
True or false, castles were built for the comfort of the nobles, lords and kings.
What is False, they were built for PROTECTION.
Using the middle ages as your setting, use the word loyal correctly in a sentence.
What is the serfs had to be loyal to their lord.
What does CE mean
What is Common Era
Who lived a privileged life, were educated, learned to wield a sword, ride a horse, play an instrument and never went without a decent meals prepared by servants?
What is Lords
What class grew in importance with thanks to the merchants and vendors during the Middle Ages?
What is the Middle Class
Like skilled craftsmen, a knights journey started when?
What is as a young child.
Give a synonym and an antonym of the word rival.
What might be an answer is: Synonym, opponent/ Antonym, ally/friend.
In 800 Charles was crowned Emperor by Pope Leo in Rome. That is not what we know him by today. What do we call him today and what does it mean?
What is Charlemagne, it means Charles the Great.
Why might a serf try to run away and not be found for a year and a day?
What is to become a freeman
These were established to protect the businessman. They were organizations made up of merchants. They controlled the wages as well as the price and quality of the goods sold.
What is guilds
You know that a castle was built to protect. Name three ways it provided protection for those inside.
What is stone architecture or construction, drawbridges and moats.
What does is mean to cite evidence?
What is show where in the text you found your answer, quote the source using quotations marks and give the exact page number so that it can be checked and verified.
Why was Charles the Great, considered GREAT?
What was, he controlled land in many countries (France, Germany, Austria, Italy and Spain), helped to spread Christianity and encouraged the feudal system and paid his lords with land.
What did the Lords need to provide to the serfs
What is Protection
True or false, merchants could gain some influence over lords and nobles due to their skills and accomplishments.
What is true.
Explain how a moat a drawbridge worked together to protect the inhabitants of a castle.
What is the moat was a deep ditch filled with water that surrounded the castle. The draw bridge remained up and closed like a door unless the owner called for it to come down, allowing for people to cross over the ditch and water and into the castle grounds. No one could enter into the castle grounds if the drawbridge remained in the up position and the door remained closed.
True or false, can your topic sentence and your concluding sentence sound similar?
What is YES, they very often contain the SAME information!
What is the Feudal System?
What is the payment of land instead of money to those who work for lords and kings. A hierarchy of government that kept Kings at the top and serfs at the bottom. Those with land had all of the control and those without had none.
What might a serf eat for his meal?
What is pottage, a stew with a kind of meat added, cheese, bread and ale
Give a positive that a young apprentice craftsman may have to deal with in the middle ages as well as one negative that a young apprentice would have to deal with.
What is: Some positives might be that your meals and clothing are provided for you by the family that you live but negatives might be that you live with others, not your family and obey a master and you are not paid for the work that you do.
This questions has two parts. Who did the knights protect and what sport did the knights engage in?
What is the Knights protected their lords and ladies. They engaged in a sport called jousting.
Paraphrase the following text:
The noblemen´s children were privileged and had many advantages and opportunities unlike serf children, they learned to read, write, cook, play instruments and ride a horse.
What is, an example might be: The children of noblemen were privileged and given opportunities other children didn´t have, like reading and writing and learning to ride horses.