Things Fall Apart
Religion in the Middle Ages
A Feudal Society
To The Manor Born
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Life In A Castle
Days of a Knight
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City Life
100
The Greek word for someone who spoke no Greek.
What is a barbarian
100
The group of people who influenced the Roman Catholic Church.
Who are the Romans?
100
A system of government in which land is exchanged for loyalty and services.
What is feudalism?
100
The estate over which a lord had control, which operated like a small town.
What is a manor?
100
The first two stages of a boy's training before he became a knight.
What are a pageboy and a squire?
200
The tribe of barbarians that left the longest memory of fear and destruction across Europe in the 300s.
Who are the Huns
200
The location of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
What is Constantinople?
200
A military servant of a feudal king or other superior.
What is a knight?
200
The person who had all the power on a manor.
Who is a lord?
200
A staged battle fought by knights for money and honor without the intention to wound or kill.
What is a tournament?
300
Attila the Hun
Who is the leader of the Hun tribe?
300
The monk who established a set of rules for monks to follow.
Who is Benedict?
300
A plot of land exchanged for loyalty to a ruler.
What is a fief?
300
Planting one part of a field in the spring, one part in the fall, and leaving one part fallow each year.
What is a three-field system?
300
The organization of certain types of businesses within a town.
What is a guild?
400
The two parts that the Roman Empire split into
What is the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire?
400
A community of monks.
What is a monastery?
400
A person who receives land from a ruler and in return promises aid.
What is a vassal?
400
The center of the castle that provided protection, space for working and cooking, and an area to keep animals.
What is the keep?
400
An apprentice who is considered qualified to work in a particular trade.
Who is a journeyman?
500
The year the Western Roman Empire ended.
What is AD 476?
500
Two of the main groups who were able to read and write during the early part of the Middle Ages.
Who are monks and nuns?
500
The people in the Middle Ages who had few rights and could not own any land or property.
Who are serfs?
500
The part of the castle used for dining, sleeping, activities, and entertainment.
What is the Great Hall?
500
A document given by a government or ruler to a group of people or a company.
What is a charter?