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PEOPLE
PLACES
RELIGION
EVENTS
WORDS AND TERMS
100
People who received few benefits for their long hours of work.
Who are serfs?
100
Land the lord owned worked by serfs.
What is a manor?
100
People of the Middle Ages believe it represented God's rules and teachings.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
100
A time of fear and confusion during the Middle Ages.
What are the Dark Ages?
100
This protected knights in battle.
What is armor?
200
People who met to choose the pope.
Who are cardinals?
200
Where castles were often built to make defense easier.
What is a hillside or cliff?
200
Supervised the work of priests in their district.
What is a bishop?
200
Land given by a lord to a vassal in return for military and other services.
What is a fief?
200
Water filled ditch that helped protect a castle.
What is a moat?
300
The head of the Roman Catholic Church.
Who is the pope?
300
Crusaders fought to it take back from the Muslim Turks.
What is the Holy Land?
300
He gave up all his property and dedicated his life to serving God.
Who is a monk?
300
Military expeditions organized by the pope.
What are the Crusades?
300
The relation between lords, vassals, and serfs.
What is feudalism?
400
People who entertained the lord with music and singing during the Middle Ages.
Who are minstrels?
400
Where an abbot could be found.
What is a monastery?
400
Removal from the church for someone found guilty of heresy.
What is excommunication?
400
Qualities of a good knight-bravery, politeness, respect for women.
What is chivalry?
400
A man of honor who held high military rank and possessed good personal qualities.
Who is a knight?
500
Powerful rulers of nation-states at the end of the Middle Ages.
Who are kings?
500
A court set up by the Roman Catholic Church to investigate heresy.
What is the Inquisition?
500
A holy man who traveled around helping the poor and teaching about God.
Who is a friar?
500
Contests that involved knights on horseback armed with lances.
What is a joust?
500
A well to do noble who granted land to a vassal in exchange for military service.
Who is a lord?