General Knowledge
This word means "related to the Middle Ages?"
What is Medieval
This is a large estate that included a lord's residence and surrounding land.
What is a manor?
This man fought as a warrior often serving under a lord or a king.
What is a knight?
This Medieval person bought and sold goods.
Who is a merchant?
This shaped religious life and daily activities for Medieval people
This is the reason historians call the period the Middle Ages.
What is it came between ancient times and modern times
The main job of most serfs.
What is farming?
What is armour?
Objects made of metal, such as tools and weapons were made by this Medieval craftsman.
Who is a blacksmith?
Ways the Church influenced rulers.
What is advise, support, and challenge leaders.
This major event is commonly used to mark the beginning of the Middle Ages.
What is the Fall of the Roman Empire?
What a lord provided to the people who worked on his land.
What is protection and access to farmaland?
This young man trained to become a knight.
Who is a squire?
They provided a place to buy, sell, and trade goods and helped Medieval towns grow.
What is a Market?
During this battle the Duke of Normandy defeated King Harold's forces and took control of England.
What was the Battle of Hastings?
Bonus: What year was the battle? ($200)
What is power became divided among different rulers and local leaders?
A system of relationships based on land, service, and duties among social groups.
What is feudalism?
These TWO features of castles made it harder for attachers to enter and helped defend the people inside.
What are thick stone walls and moats?
These people learned a skill at a young age and provided services or goods to townspeople.
Who are craftspeople?
King John agreed to sign this document which placed limits on his power and granted certain rights to Medieval people.
What is the Magna Carta?
This explains why it is inaccurate to say that everyone in the Middle Ages lived in castles.
What is most people were not nobles or royalty. Many people lived in rural communities or in towns?
Two Part
A lord's responsibility to the serfs was...
A serf's responsibility to the lord was...
Lord: What is to provide protection and land?
Serf: What is to work the land and serve the lord?
An attempt to capture a defended place, such as a castle, by surrounding it and prevent supplies or help from getting in.
What is a seige?
Name three things that were present in Medieval towns that were not present on manors.
What are markets, merchants, and craftspeople
Archbishop of Canterbury who opposed King Henry II's attempts to control the church.
Who was Thomas Becket?