The beginning
What is the time period for Middle Ages?
500-1500 AD
What do you call the people who lived in villages near the manor house or castle and helped the lord cultivate land?
Peasants
Name the person with the highest rank, most power, and control on the top of the social pyramid.
The King
What do you call a VERY big farm in the Middle Ages?
A manor
A large ditch or trench filled with water surrounding the castle.
A moat
For how long did Middle Ages period last?
For 1000 years
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.
The church
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.
Peasants and serfs
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.
Peasants
The main tower in the center of the castle.
The keep
Name the civilization that flourished during the Middle Ages and built cities, made laws and had a powerfull army.
The Romans
What do you call farm workers who lived in small houses on a lord's manor.
Serfs
Controlled most of the land of the country, lived on manors, and were also knights or vassals of the king.
The Nobles
They are similar to big cows. They pulled heavy things and acted as the tools and made farming simple in the days of the middle ages.
The oxen
The first place enemies attacked and the place where soldiers lived.
The gatehouse
The area that included most of Europe, northern Africa and western Asia.
The Roman Empire
What is the central green space used as a shared pasture in a village?
The common
The free men 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.
The craftsmen
Name the phenomenon in farming 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.
Crop rotation
A door that protected the castle gate made of iron or steel.
Portcullis
Who were the invaders of Europe, fierce fighters who survived by hunting and fishing?
Barbarians
The house used by the lord, surrounded by gardens, that usually had a great hall which was used for meetings, celebrations, and special events.
The manor house
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.
The Feudal System
Name 4 crops that were grown on a medieval farm.
Barley, wheat, oats, and rye
The first courtyard inside the outer walls of the castle where knights jousted in tournaments.
Outer Bailey