High Medieval Years

Question 1

Normandy

Answer 1

An area, now part of France, that was home to the Normans, who were descended from Vikings

Question 2

Tapestry

Answer 2

A thick, embroidered cloth picture used as a wall hanging

Question 3

Vassal

Answer 3

One who swears loyalty to a lord

Question 4

Lord

Answer 4

A feudal superior

Question 5

Feudal Contract

Answer 5

The Bargain between a lord and his vassal

Question 6

Anglo-Saxon

Answer 6

The earliest English, a Germanic people

Question 7

Housecarl

Answer 7

Soldier

Question 8

Technology

Answer 8

Things humans make to use as tools

Question 9

Cavalry

Answer 9

Soldiers on Horseback

Question 10

Lance

Answer 10

A long spear

Question 11

Impenetrable

Answer 11

Impossible to pass

Question 12

Propaganda

Answer 12

An effort to spread opinions of beliefs, sometimes by distorting the truth

Question 13

Audience

Answer 13

A hearing, an interview

Question 14

Monumental

Answer 14

Very important

Question 15

Allegiance

Answer 15

Loyalty

Question 16

Homage

Answer 16

Formal acknowledgment

Question 17

Contract

Answer 17

A formal agreement

Question 18

Lord of the manor

Answer 18

The tenant of a noble, who has the inherited right to run a manor and profit from it

Question 19

Freeholder

Answer 19

A person who owns his or her land

Question 20

To exploit

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To make selfish use of

Question 21

Self-sufficient

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Independent

Question 22

Thatching

Answer 22

Using special grass to make roofs for buildings

Question 23

Fletching

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Fitting feathers on arrows

Question 24

Demesne

Answer 24

Lands set aside for the lord of a manor

Question 25

Bailiff

Answer 25

The person who collected rents and supervised serfs and freeholders on a manor

Question 26

Fallow

Answer 26

Ploughed and left unseeded

Question 27

Sustainable

Answer 27

Can keep going, year after year, without deteriorating

Question 28

Wattle and daub

Answer 28

Woven sticks covered with clay or mud

Question 29

Vermin

Answer 29

Lice, fleas, and bedbugs

Question 30

Louse

Answer 30

A small, wingless insect that lives and feeds on mammals, including human beings

Question 31

Pullet

Answer 31

Young chicken

Question 32

Green cheese

Answer 32

Unripe cheese

Question 33

Curds

Answer 33

Cottage cheese

Question 34

Collop

Answer 34

Slice of meat

Question 35

Dung

Answer 35

Manure

Question 36

Drought

Answer 36

A long period without rain

Question 37

Lammas

Answer 37

August 1, a feast to celebrate the first wheat harvest

Question 38

Falcon

Answer 38

Bird of prey

Question 39

Trabadour

Answer 39

A medieval singer who wrote and sang poems about chivalry and love

Question 40

Obligation

Answer 40

Duty

Question 41

Ward

Answer 41

An orphan who is put in another person's care until he or she becomes an adault

Question 42

Sceptical of

Answer 42

Doubting the truth of

Question 43

Relic

Answer 43

An Item associated with a saint; thought to have great powers

Question 44

To excommunicate

Answer 44

To cancel a person's membership in the Church

Question 45

Tithe

Answer 45

Money or produce given to the Church worth approximately one-tenth of one's income

Question 46

Ecclesiastical

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Having to do with the church

Question 47

Chastity

Answer 47

Virtue; modesty; doing without sex

Question 48

To prosecute

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To present evidence to prove a person's guilt

Question 49

To sue

Answer 49

To seek compensation for a personal wrong

Question 50

Judge

Answer 50

One who hears and decides cases in court

Question 51

To try

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To determine guilt or innocence

Question 52

Orderal

Answer 52

Dreadful experience

Question 53

Assault

Answer 53

An attempt to physically harm another person

Question 54

Treason

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Betraying one's country or ruler

Question 55

Lenient

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Mild, merciful

Question 56

Meddlesome

Answer 56

interfering

Question 57

Canonize

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To declare that a person is a saint

Question 58

Shrine

Answer 58

A place of worship

Question 59

Tall tale

Answer 59

An exaggerated, unlikely story

Question 60

Imminent

Answer 60

Immediate

Question 61

Alienated

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Turned away

Question 62

Incumbent

Answer 62

Resting on as a duty

Question 63

Interdict

Answer 63

An official act of the Catholic Church that keeps a person or group of people from participating in religious ceremonies