Global Chapter 8 VTP

Question 1

Capital

Answer 1

Money or wealth

Question 2

Guild

Answer 2

a group (association) of merchants who cooperated to protect their business interests

Question 3

Usury

Answer 3

lending money at interest

Question 4

Manor

Answer 4

a lord’s estate. Included one or more villages and the surrounding lands

Question 5

Tithe

Answer 5

payment to one’s church equal to 10% of a person’s income

Question 6

Vassal

Answer 6

a lesser lord who was given land in exchange for service and loyalty to a greater lord

Question 7

charter

Answer 7

a document that spelled out the rights and privileges of a town

Question 8

fief

Answer 8

an estate granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for service and loyalty

Question 9

serf

Answer 9

a peasant bound to the lord’s land. Could not leave the land without the lord’s permission

Question 10

chivalry

Answer 10

a code of conduct for Knights

Question 11

knight

Answer 11

a noble who served as a mounted warrior for a lord

Question 12

feudalism

Answer 12

loosely organized system of rule- powerful lords divided their lands among lesser lords

Question 13

apprentice

Answer 13

a young person learning a trade from a master

Question 14

excommunication

Answer 14

exclusion from the Roman Catholic Church as a penalty for refusing to obey Church laws

Question 15

Charlemagne

Answer 15

a Roman emperor who revived Latin learning in his empire. Set up strong, efficient governments that others looked up to in the future

Question 16

antisemitism

Answer 16

prejudice against Jews

Question 17

Clovis

Answer 17

Conquered Gaul in 486; converted to Christianity and gained the Christian Church of Rome as an ally

Question 18

Battle of Tours

Answer 18

A battle between Muslims and Christians that the Christians won and took as a sign that God was on their side.

Question 19

Convents and Monastaries

Answer 19

Nuns and monks lived there. Played a vital role in keeping learning alive and preserving the writings of the ancient world.