1) A covering, usually made of metal or leather, worn by knights to protect the body during fighting a) Armor b) Knights c) Lords 2) A set of rules that knights were required to live by, such as obeying the lord, respecting women of noble birth, being brave, defending Christianity and helping people. a) Magna Carta b) Joan of Arc c) Code of Chivalry 3) The political and social order of society during the Middle Ages where nobles had most of the power and peasants and serfs were at the bottom of the societal hierarchy. a) Code of Chivalry b) Feudalism c) Indulgences 4) The name for a piece of land that was given to a vassal a) Plateau b) Farm c) Fief 5) A ruler or powerful land owner. a) Knight b) Peasant c) Lord 6) A farming community that a noble ran and peasants worked - usually consisted of a Noble's castle, the surrounding fields, and a peasant village. a) Castle b) Manor c) Village 7) Period of western European history between the collapse of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. a) Middle Ages b) Rome c) Renaissance 8) A system of government - rulers are kings and queens. a) Theocracy b) Monarchy c) Direct Democracy d) Representative Democracy 9) Paid the Noble for the right to farm the land and had rights under the law. Moved wherever and whenever they wished. a) Serfs b) Lords c) Peasants d) Knights 10) The head of the Catholic Church a) King b) Pope c) Lord d) Knight 11) People who were bound to the manor. They could not own property, move to another area, or marry without the Noble's permission. a) Serfs b) Peasants c) Lords d) Knights 12) A document in Medieval England that limited the king's power. This document also forced the king to respect the rights of freemen, and to provide people the right to fair jury trials. a) Declaration of Independence b) Constitution c) Magna Carta d) Joan of Arc 13) A series of wars between Europeans and Muslims in order to gain control of the Holy Land. a) The Persian Wars b) The Punic Wars c) The Crusades 14) The Catholic worship service (you may have seen this if you have ever been to Church!) a) Communion b) Mass c) Confession 15) A disease that spreads very quickly and kills a large number of people. a) Epidemic b) Pandemic c) Plague 16) A plague that hit Europe during the Middle Ages; the three forms were bubonic, pneumonic and septicemic. a) Coronavirus b) Small Pox c) Measles d) The Black Death 17) A peasant French girl who claimed God spoke to her and told her she was supposed to lead the French army against England. a) Queen Elizabeth b) Joan of Arc c) Mary Queen of Scots 18) Going against the teachings of the church; usually punishable by death. a) Heresy b) Lay Investiture c) Indulgences 19) The practice of kings appointing friends to high positions within the Church. a) Excommunicated b) Lay Investiture c) Indulgences 20) Something people could buy from the Church to forgive their sins. a) Magna Carta b) Lay Investiture c) Indulgences 21) To be kicked out of the church, meaning you were not allowed to be a part of it. a) Lay Investiture b) Indulgences c) Excommunicated

Middle Ages Vocabulary

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