No student devices needed. Know more
21 questions
The Middle Ages is a time period in European history between the Fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the ___________.
Renaissance
The Black Death
Feudalism
Democracy
A clergy is a church official higher than peasants
False
True
Lords divided their lands into estates called _____.
Vassals
Manors
Fiefs
Guilds
What is a vassal?
Land divided into estates by lords
A church official
A dam created in the Middle Ages
A knight who supported the king in exchange for land
How long to the Middle Ages time period last?
500 to 1500
200 to 1400
600 to 1500
800 to 1600
__________ is another name for the Middle Ages.
The Renaissance
Medieval
The Black Death
The Age of Feudalism
Who was the man who took it upon himself to teach people about Christianity?
Columbus
St. Edes
Patrick
Williams
A monastery is a community of monks, what are monks?
A more sophisticated group of church officials
Another name for a clergy
A group of pastors studying the Bible
Religious men who lived apart from society in isolated communities
Benedict was an Italian monk whom most European monasteries followed his set of rules in the early 500's.
True
False
Who was Charlemagne?
An Italian monk who was followed by many
A brilliant warrior and strong king who led the Franks into building a huge empire
The husband of a selfish queen
The brother of the leader of England's army
What is Feudalism?
Another name for the epidemic that wiped out millions during the Middle Ages
A set of rules knights had to follow
A system historians called to be of promises that governed the relationships between lords and vassals
Another name for the type of government known as monarchy
What was the name of the declared king of England after winning a battle against the English king who also started the beginning of Fuedalism.
Ivan the Great
Nicholas II
Ivan the Terrible
William the Conqueror
Knights are warriors on horseback.
True
False
What's a manor?
A large isolated mansion where the royal court would party
A large estate owned by a knight or lord
The gathering place for serfs to hear announcements
A group of house connected by fields
Who was one of the most powerful people in the Middle Ages who ruled Aquitaine and later became queen of France and England.
King Henry III
Evelyn of England
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Catherine the Great
_____ were workers who were tied to the land on which they lived.
Merchants
Vassals
Farmers
Serfs
A page was a young boy that acts a servant for a knight while training to become a knight someday.
True
False
An apprentice is a boy who worked for a guild master in order to learn a trade or craft. What is a guild?
A community of monks isolated from the outside world
An association of craftsmen that focused on a specific trade or craft such as making shoes or weaving cloth
A contraption used to to execute criminials
A group of blacksmiths that work together to create armor and weapons for knights
A knight in training, the ______ would take care of the knight's armor and weapons. He would also accompany the knight into battle.
Page
Apprentice
Squire
Journeyman
What's the highest position in a guild who could own a shop and hire journeymen and apprentices?
Lord
Knight
Squire
Master
What's a journeyman?
A position in a guild above the apprentice, who worked for a master craftsman and earned a wage
A foreign traveler who would earn money by selling various things
What drafted knights were called
The highest position in a guild that could hire workers and own shops
Explore all questions with a free account