Medieval Careers
At the top of the feudal hierarchy, who is in charge of all the land in a country.
A king or monarch.
A game with bishops, rooks, and knights
Chess
The Black plague spread from Asia to Europe through the ________ ___________
Silk Road
Three weapons used during the Middle Ages...
Swords, Axes, Hammers, Lances, Mace, Catapults, etc.
Type of castle with a lower section with wooden walls, and an upper section up on a hill or mound.
A motte and _______ castle
Bailey
An upper class member of society, who paid taxes and supported the king in exchange for land and castles.
The nobles
A sport where someone who fights another person using swords and face masks.
Fencing
The Black Death killed _____ of Europe in the 1300s.
1/3rd or 30-40%
List 2 siege weapons or strategies used to take over a castle.
Trebuchet, Catapult, Sapping, battering ram, ballista, siege tower, cannons, starving the enemy, firing diseased corpses into castles.
The name of the prophet of Islam
Muhammed
A soldier who swears an oath to a lord or king who protects the kingdom.
A knight
A game where knights ride on horses to hit each other's shields with lances to score points
Jousting
Name 2 symptoms of the Black Death
Buboes, Fatigue, Death, intense pain, vomiting blood.
What were the Crusaders offered to go on Crusade?
Eternal salvation (Cleansing sins), money, prestige, land, opportunity to advance from peasant to knight or lord, adventure.
What Chinese invention saw knights become obsolete by the end of the medieval period?
Guns/Gunpowder
Lived and worked on farms and served lords doing manual labour.
A peasant.
A game where you shoot an arrow aiming for bullseye.
Archery
The animals that carried the Black Death
Rats and Fleas.
Two defensive features of a Castle
Barbican, Portcullis, Drawbridge, murder holes, keep, moat, walls.
Medieval warriors identified each other based on ___________
Heraldry/Coats of Arms, patterns and colours worn
Processed and cleaned fabric by dancing in pools of human urine
Fuller
Why did knights perform in tournaments?
To prepare for war and to entertain the Kings and Queens, for money, prestige, and women.
The Latin name for the Black Death
Yersinia Pestes
What did enemies do with captured medieval knights and lords?
Held them for ransom
The fall of the ancient R_ _ _ _ empire marks the beginning and end of the medieval period
Roman