Medieval Times
A metal covering which protected knights during battle.
What is armour?
Fill in the blanks.
A fealty was an (A) sworn by a vassal to (B) and support the one who granted him land.
(A) What is oath?
(B) What is obey?
Manitoba is _______ (direction) from Saskatchewan.
What is east?
This region has mountain ranges and plateaus.
What is the Cordillera?
List 3 valuable natural resources.
Any 3:
air
trees
rocks
plants
water
oil
A system of politics in Medieval Times, a pyramid of power that determined how people lived.
What is Feudalism?
A ________ was an agricultural estate held by a lord.
What is a manor?
Name the Great Lakes as they appear from west to east.
Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario
This region has rich deposits of dinosaur bones, oil, and gas.
What is the Interior Plains?
What is a natural resource?
A natural resource is a substance or material that we find in our environment.
A person granted use of land, in return for homage or offering their military service to a lord or other superior.
What is a vassal?
The courtyard of the castle.
What is the bailey?
Name the smallest territory.
What is Yukon?
This region has weathered mountains and large coastal bays.
What is the Appalachian Region?
Name the four economic sectors.
primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary
A Medieval Holy War.
What is Crusades?
This was the castle entrance which was fortified with murder holes.
What is the gatehouse?
The largest province in Canada.
What is Quebec?
Canada's largest physical region is _________.
What is the Canadian Shield?
Name 4 characteristics of an urban community.
Any 4:
neighbourhoods
traffic
buildings
subways
malls
Give one difference and one similarity between the life of a noble and the life of a serf.
Nobles were at the top of the feudal society.
Serfs were at the very bottom of the feudal society.
Nobles owned the land.
Serfs worked the land that the nobles owned. Serfs often could not leave the land – they were in some ways property of the lord of the manor.
Nobles lived in a castle or home (usually made of stone).
Serfs lived in small huts outside the castle.
Nobles could enjoy meat and delicacies.
Serfs’ food came mostly from what they grew themselves.
Nobles were allowed to wear brightly coloured clothing and rich fabrics.
Serfs wore dull colours and rough fabrics. Serfs did not own much clothing.
All Medieval people were comforted by the teachings of the church.
All Medieval people’s responsibilities rarely changed because each person’s place in society was determined at birth.
Very often, not only in class, Medieval children learned the job and responsibilities of the parents.
Put the people in order of their power structure:
serf, knight, bishop, lord, king, squire
king, bishop, lord, knight, squire, serf
Name the seven continents of the world. Canada is in the continent of ________.
North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia (Oceania)
What is North America?
Give two reasons why so many people live in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands regions.
Any two:
-a long growing season provides many people with work in farming
- extensive waterways
-rich fertile soil
- close to the U.S.A.
Who is the first Prime Minister of Canada? When did Canada become a country?
The first Prime Minister of Canada was Sir John A. Macdonald. Canada first became a country on July 1, 1867.