Serfs
Knights
Castles
Merchants & Craftsmen
Toss Up
100

The season when you would plant seeds and plow the land. 

Spring

100

If you wanted to be a knight, you had to be able to afford _______________ and armor.  

Horses

100

The first castles were made of this material :  ?  

Wood (forts) 

100

Merchants and craftsman were part of the ________________ class. 

Middle

100
The room in a castle where family members and their guests gathered.  The often ate meals in this room.  

Great Hall 

200

Your house is made of _________________?  

Possible answers:  ( have to have at least one) 

wood

mud 

200

Name one reward a knight might receive as payment from a king/lord .....

Possible answers:

land

money

a title 

200

Castles were designed for protection, not _______________.  

Comfort 

200

Name a type of medieval craftsman.....

Possible answers: (name one)

Tailor                     Cobbler (shoemaker) 

Carpenter

Armorer

Tanner


200

The stew/soup that Serfs often ate for dinner ( often. made of vegetables).....

Pottage

300

Serfs had the least amount of ______________ in the feudal system.  

Power

300

The first step to become a knight is called __________?

Page

300

The deep trench filled with water that might surround a castle is called a _______________? 

Moat

300

Many towns were filled with diseases because of this _________________. 

Possible answers:

rats

lack of proper toilets (sanitation) 

polluted water 

300

The town gates were locked at night when a ______________ bell sounded.  

Curfew

400

Name something Serfs were NOT allowed to do.  

Possible answers: (have to name one) 

Get married without permission

Travel to other towns

Get an education

400

The second step to becoming a knight is called ________________? 

A Squire

400

Sometimes a castle would have a ________________ that could be raised or lowered.  

drawbridge

400

This was a problem in the Middle Ages because people cooked on open flames.  

Fires

400

The tool a Serf would use to harvest grain ( also carried by the Grim Reaper) 

Scythe

500

In exchange for loyalty, the lord provided the serfs this: _____________________

Protection

500

The event when you are knighted by a lord/ king is called ___________________? 

Dubbing Ceremony

500

Castles often held a good supply of food so that the people inside could withstand a ______________ from an enemy.  

Siege or Attack 

500

This is the name for the group made up of merchants or craftsmen.  It was to help control prices and protect the businesses.  

Guild 

500

Expectations that a knight was supposed to follow.... such as protecting weaker members of society and the church, treating captured knights as guests, and serving your lord......all these things were called ? 

Chivalry

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