Chapter 7 The Middle Ages

Question 0

Demesne

Answer 0

The land that the king kept for his own use

Question 1

Medival

Answer 1

The time between nowadays and the Romans

Question 2

Peasant

Answer 2

A farmer/poor person

Question 3

Feudal System

Answer 3

How land was owned during this time

Question 4

Serf

Answer 4

A person working for his landlord

Question 5

Freeman

Answer 5

A man who could live on the land of his landlord and still travel as he pleased

Question 6

Knights

Answer 6

Soldiers who rode into battle on horseback

Question 7

It lasted…..

Answer 7

500 A.D. - 1,500 A.D.

Question 8

Bailiff

Answer 8

The landowner

Question 9

Manor

Answer 9

The land owned by the landlord

Question 10

County

Answer 10

The name of the land that was owned by a landlord

Question 11

Villeins

Answer 11

The type of field that a serf had to work on

Question 12

Tithe

Answer 12

It was the payment of crops to the priest

Question 13

Commons

Answer 13

The big meadow in the county

Question 14

Vassal

Answer 14

A holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance

Question 15

Stocks

Answer 15

The wooden things that criminals were placed in on the street

Question 16

Keep

Answer 16

The building were the king and lady lived

Question 17

Motte

Answer 17

The river surrounding a castle

Question 18

Bailey

Answer 18

The inside of of a castle

Question 19

Keep

Answer 19

Where the king and his family lived

Question 20

Battlements

Answer 20

These where the big things on top of the walls

Question 21

Curtain walls

Answer 21

They were the walls right beside the portcullis or drawbridge

Question 22

Turret

Answer 22

It was the corners of the castle

Question 23

Drawbridge

Answer 23

The bridge that could be pulled up to prevent any unwanted entries.

Question 24

Portcullis

Answer 24

The main entrance/gate

Question 25

Bailiff

Answer 25

The landowner

Question 26

Manor

Answer 26

The land owned by the landlord

Question 27

County

Answer 27

The name of the land that was owned by a landlord

Question 28

Villeins

Answer 28

The type of field that a serf had to work on

Question 29

Tithe

Answer 29

It was the payment of crops to the priest

Question 30

Commons

Answer 30

The big meadow in the county

Question 31

Vassal

Answer 31

A holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance

Question 32

Stocks

Answer 32

The wooden things that criminals were placed in on the street

Question 33

Bailiff

Answer 33

The landowner

Question 34

Manor

Answer 34

The land owned by the landlord

Question 35

County

Answer 35

The name of the land that was owned by a landlord

Question 36

Villeins

Answer 36

The type of field that a serf had to work on

Question 37

Tithe

Answer 37

It was the payment of crops to the priest

Question 38

Commons

Answer 38

The big meadow in the county

Question 39

Vassal

Answer 39

A holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance

Question 40

Stocks

Answer 40

The wooden things that criminals were placed in on the street

Question 41

Dowry

Answer 41

Money, food or other valuables that a women's family gave the women's husband

Question 42

Solar

Answer 42

The room in the castle that the women went about most of her business

Question 43

Hawking

Answer 43

A style of hunting by using trained hawks

Question 44

Tournament

Answer 44

An event where Knights fought mock fights for entertainment

Question 45

Wimple

Answer 45

A type of head-dress

Question 46

Siege tower

Answer 46

A tower used to get more Knights over an enemy castles walls when attacking

Question 47

Capult

Answer 47

A thing used to fire large heavy objects such as stones and even dead bodies

Question 48

Battering ram

Answer 48

A large wooden pole used to knock down the main enterance to the castle (portcullis)

Question 49

Dungeon

Answer 49

The area where prisoners of war were kept (ememies)

Question 50

Siege

Answer 50

When an attacker surrounded a castle and wait for the defenders to exit or starve

Question 51

Ballista

Answer 51

This was like a giant crossbow

Question 52

Moat

Answer 52

The river surrounding a castle

Question 53

Tapestries

Answer 53

Carpets with pictures

Question 54

Trenchers

Answer 54

These were wooden slabs that were eaten off of

Question 55

Minstrels

Answer 55

Entertainers by singing

Question 56

Jester

Answer 56

Entertainers by acting

Question 57

Melée

Answer 57

The word for teams in Tournaments

Question 58

Jousting

Answer 58

A sport where Knights tried to knock each other off of their horses back

Question 59

Archer

Answer 59

A person who defended or attacked a castle with a bow and arrow

Question 60

Squire

Answer 60

When a boy was fourteen he was taught how to fight on horseback

Question 61

Page

Answer 61

A page was a boy who was sent to another castle by a noble to be raised

Question 62

Chivalry

Answer 62

A code of honour that was said to be aimed at God

Question 63

Dubbing

Answer 63

When a boy was finished training to be a knight there was a celebration and this was it

Question 64

Fair field

Answer 64

The field where fairs would take place outside of the town walls

Question 65

Toll

Answer 65

Tax paid to enter the town

Question 66

Curfew

Answer 66

A time given to put out all fires due to fire hazard

Question 67

Leprosy

Answer 67

An extremely contagious plague

Question 68

Plague

Answer 68

A disease that kills many people

Question 69

Black death

Answer 69

The worst plague in medievil history