Vocab
Easy Middle Ages
Middle Middle Ages
Middle Ages
Extreme Middle Ages
100

what is a walled-in, self contained world located on land that belonged to the lord

 a manor

100

Because employers raised wages after the plague people began to move here

Towns

100

Knights had these on their shields to distinguish families

Coat of arms

100

The head of the Catholic Church is called the _____.

What is pope

100

The plague killed how much of the population

1/3

200

soldiers who served in the army, many are vassals are also known as

Knights

200

During the feudal system this was the currency 

land

200

Disadvantages of feudalism 

No self expression, un fair, people were not educated, abuse of power 

200

Infected rats were carried by this to Europe

Trade ships

200

how did was innocents determined in a trail by cold water?

if you sank 

300

Which physical features of Europe helped to influence how it developed?

Seas & Rivers

300

New spices and goods were brought back from Asia during these wars

The Crusades

300

Who are Barons

English nobles

300

The Black Death is also know as the ______ Plague

What is Bubonic

300

purpose and function of a siege tower 

allowed soldiers to climb up castle walls and invade at the top, hundreds of soldiers at a time, often armed with bows and arrows and swords. 

400

someone who is tied to the land and gave the lord most of what they produced is known as...

Serf/Peasant 

400

Identify three advantages of feudalism 

Protection, Order and every one knew their place. 

power for the king, land. 

400

why would someone draw a picture of a trail by ordeal? why would this source be created? 

to inform people what happened in the Middle Ages and document a moment in time.
400

What is an absolute monarchy

where the king holds ALL the power

400

list four attacking mechanisms of a castle 

catapult, trebuchet, battering ram, tunneling, cross bow. 

500

The person who invented the plague doctor suit 

Charles De L'Orme

500

How were Knights and Samurai similar in Feudal Japan and Feudal Europe?

Both owed their loyalty and military service to the landowning social class above them.

500

List 4 defensive mechanisms of a castle 

murder holes, concentric castles, battlements, moat, arrow slits 
500

What historical event is Pope Urban urging the Christian people to begin?

The Crusades

500

Scientific name for the Black Death

Yersinia Pestis