The Black Death
Feudalism
Manor System
Medieval Life
Byzantine Empire
100

The Black Death is also known as:

The Bubonic Plague

100

The most valuable asset in the feudal system

Land

100

Feudalism was the political system of the middle ages, while Manorialism was the

Economic System

100

This averaged about 20 years in medieval times

Life Expectancy

100

True or False: The Byzantine Empire existed at the same time as Medieval Europe

True

200

Leather coats and bird-like masks adorned these medieval physicians

Plague Doctor

200
The name for the ruler of a particular fief with substantial wealth and land

Lord

200

I am a medieval peasant, but I practice a trade and am not a serf.

Freeman

200

Medieval life was not as healthy or clean as modern life, there was a severe lack of this

Hygiene

200

This city lied at the heart of the Byzantine Empire

Constantinople

300

These two animals were involved in the spread of the plague to Europe

Rats and Fleas

300

Code followed by knights and often practiced by men in modern dating

Chivalry

300

Even though life was difficult on a manor, medieval people looked forward to this gathering

Church

300
This described most people in the Middle Ages; they could not read or write

Illiterate

300

The Byzantines preserved Greek and Roman culture, also known as

Hellenistic Culture

400

The plague entered Europe in the port of Messina, which lies in this country

Italy

400

The only figure more powerful than the king in the Feudal system

The Pope

400

A protective channel surrounding a castle

Moat

400
This group caused trade to stop during the Middle Ages

Barbarians / Bandits

400
Emperor Justinian was heavily influenced by this figure

Theodora; his wife

500

Writer Giovanni Boccaccio wrote: "victims often were eating lunch with friends and eating dinner with their ____________ "

Ancestors

500

Considered the "Father" of modern Europe

Charlamagne

500

The food belonging to the whole manor was stored here

The manor house / castle.

500

The lack of central government, historical records, and death all earned the Medieval times this nickname

The Dark Ages

500

These were Constantinople's pride and stood for one thousand years

Walls

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