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Key Terms
Feudalism
The Church
Charlemagne
Miscellaneous
100
The period between the end of the Roman Empire and hte beginning of the Modern Ages.
What is the Medieval period or Middle Ages?
100
The person at the top of the feudal social order
What is the king?
100
This is the head of a monastery.
What is an abbot?
100
Charlemagne's empire covered this area of Europe.
What is the central/ western plains from the Adriatic Sea to the Atlantic Ocean?
100
A young man prepared to become a knight by first serving as a ___________, then a _____________.
What is a page then a squire?
200
A Christian warrior's rules of behavior.
What is chivalry?
200
This was the purpose of castles.
What is protection/ defense?
200
This is one sacrament.
What is baptism / communion / marriage?
200
This is the name of Charlemagne's father.
What is Pepin the Short?
200
A grant of land.
What is a fief?
300
A person who collected taxes.
What is a bailiff?
300
A person who receives a fief.
What is a lord/ vassal?
300
This is how missionaries converted Europeans to Christianity.
What is by traveling across Europe, teaching the people about Christianity?
300
This is one thing that happened when Charlemagne's government failed to protect its people.
What is vikings terrorized the people / local nobles took power and established a system of feudalism?
300
A special room devoted to the copying of texts.
What is a scriptorium?
400
Promises a man took when becoming a monk, such as chastity, obedience, and poverty.
What are vows?
400
This is how the manor system is a form of government.
What is that it protected and provided jobs for the local population?
400
Besides missionaries, these also helped spread Christianity in the region north of the Alps.
What are monasteries?
400
To attack the Spanish Muslims (Moors), Charlemagne's army had to cross...
What are the Pyrenees?
400
These are two possible jobs a commoner could have held.
What is a craftsman or farmer?
500
The sacred rites of the church.
What are sacraments?
500
This is the duty of the lady of the manor.
What is to manage the household?
500
What happened after monasteries were established across Europe?
What is the diffusion of Christianity?
500
Charlemagne's government can be described in this way.
What is relatively weak, held together by the will of Charlemagne himself?
500
This is what feudalism required of a vassal.
What is loyalty in exchange for land?