Middle Ages Vocabulary

What is a fief?

• Type of fruit
• Plot of land

• A type of dance
• A type of currency

What is a guild?

• Soldiers who fought on horseback

• Alliance of countries

• Type of building

• Groups of specialized workers

What are the middle ages?

• A form of government used in the middle ages
• A style of architecture popular in the middle ages
• A type of food eaten during that time period
• A time period ranging from 500 to 1500 CE

What is a manor?

• A small apartment in the city
• A type of tropical fruit
• A fast food restaurant chain
• A large estate that was owned by a lord or knight

What was the Black Death?

• A new type of weapon invented during the Renaissance
• A deadly plague that killed roughly 25 million Europeans between 1347 and 1351

• A type of dance popular in the Middle Ages
• A famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci

What was a knight?

• A type of bird
• A type of fish
• soldiers who fought on horseback

• A type of fruit

What is a monastery?

• Community of monks

• A type of musical instrument
• A palace where the king lived

• large estate that was owned by a lord or knight

What was a serf?

• A skilled craftsman
• someone who lived and worked on a manor that could not leave without the lords permission

• A wealthy landowner
• A member of the clergy

What were the Crusades?

• A series of wars between Muslims and Christians over control of Palestine

• A series of diplomatic negotiations
• A war against crust on sandwiches

• A type of ancient trade route

What is a monk?

• A man who was dedicated to his religion and lived in an isolated community

• A type of fruit
• A professional athlete
• Church official