Middle Ages Vocab Review

An economic system of exchanging land and protection for goods and services. The center of life during the Middle Ages, the manor was the local lord's house or castle and operated as self sufficient cities.

• Feudalism

• Manor System

• Monarchy

• Black Death

(also known as the Dark Ages) the time period in Europe between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance.

• The Black Death

• Feudalism

• Manor System

• The Middle Ages

A system of government where the king gave land to his lords and barons. The lords and barons would then pledge their loyalty to the king and promise to protect his rule.

• Feudalism

• Manor System

• Democracy

• Clergy

Religious wars between the Christians and Muslims for control of the Holy Land, especially Jerusalem.

• The Black Death

• Feudalism

• The Crusades

• Atlantic Revolutions

A deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351

• The Black Death

• The Crusades

• Mutual Obligations

• COVID 19

An area of land given to a lord or baron by a king to rule.

• Peasant

• Serf

• Turf

• Fief

A man who received honor and land in exchange for serving a lord as a soldier.

• Knight

• King

• Serf

• Clergy

The top ruler in a monarchy.

• Lord

• Baron

• Knight

• King

A document forced upon King John of England by his barons. It said that the king was not above the law and that the people had the right to a fair trial.

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Declaration of the Rights of Man

• The Magna Carta

• The Papal Laws

A person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord

• Knight

• Serf

• Baron

• Lord