The people who lived in villages near the manor house or castle and helped the lord do his work.
Who were the peasants?
100
The person with the highest rank, most power, and control on the top of the social pyramid.
Who was the King?
100
A very big farm.
What was the manor?
100
A large ditch or trench filled with water surrounding the castle.
What is the moat?
200
The total number of years the Middle Ages lasted for.
What was 1000 years?
200
One of the largest buildings in a village, made of wood and later rebuilt with stone, enclosed by a wall to keep farm animals out. Commonly contained carved figures of saints and stained glass windows of scenes from the Bible.
What was the Village Church?
200
The group of people at the bottom of the social pyramid who farmed nobles' land and were asked to fight in wars, they were given a place to live and work and protection from their lord.
Who were the peasants and serfs?
200
The farmers who worked very hard, did their own work and their lord's, gave their lord a share or the crop, paid to use the mill, helped make roads, helped to defend the manor house or castle.
Who were the peasants?
200
The main tower in the center of the castle.
What is the keep?
300
Built cities, made laws, and had a powerful army.
Who were the Romans?
300
Farm workers who lived in small houses on a lord's manor.
Who were the serfs?
300
Controlled most of the land of the country, lived on manors, and were also knights or vassals of the king.
Who were the Nobles and important leaders in the Church such as the Bishop?
300
Similar to big cows and did a lot of work on the farm.
What were oxen or horses? They pulled heavy things and acted as the tools and made farming simple in the days of the middle ages.
300
The first place enemies attacked and the place soldiers lived.
What is the gatehouse?
400
The area that included most of Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia.
What was the Roman Empire?
400
The central green space used as a shared pasture in a village.
What is the common?
400
The freemen and women who worked for wages, or farmed plots of land. They paid rent and taxes to a lord and could move to other manors or towns to find work.
Who were craftspeople?
400
When 2 fields were planted and 1 was left fallow or to have rest, beneficial for the soil to allow nutrients time to rest and increased field production in the next year.
What is 3 Field Crop Rotation?
400
A door that protected the castle gate made of iron or steel.
What is the portcullis?
500
Invaders of Europe, fierce fighters, and those who survived by hunting and fishing.
Who were the Barbarians?
500
The house used by the lord, surrounded by gardens, and usually had a great hall which was used for meetings, celebrations, and speical events.
What is the manor house?
500
The way of government or order in medieval society, where the King has all the power on top; medieval social structure based on rank of power, wealth, and control of land.
What is the Feudal System?
500
Crops that were grown on a medieval farm.
What is barley, wheat, oats, and rye?
500
The first courtyard inside the outer walls of the castle where knights jousted in tournaments.