Unit 2 Vocab

What is the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the modern era called?

• Renaissance

• Middle Ages

• Industrial Revolution

• Enlightenment

What is a political system in the Middle Ages that divided society into classes?

• Democracy

• Feudalism

• Monarchy

• Communism

Who was a powerful landowner in the Middle Ages?

• Knight

• Serf

• Lord

• Vassal

What is a less wealthy noble who paid taxes to and served a lord in exchange for land called?

• Knight

• Vassal

• Serf

• Lord

Who is a vassal trained in combat who fought on behalf of lords?

• Serf

• Knight

• Lord

• Peasant

What is a person who lived and worked on the manor of a lord or vassal called?

• Knight

• Serf

• Lord

• Vassal

What is a noble's house and the villages on his land where the peasants lived called?

• Castle

• Manor

• Fortress

• Estate

Who was a strong military leader who helped control Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire?

• Julius Caesar

• Charlemagne

• Alexander the Great

• Napoleon

What is the belief that God gives the monarchs the right to rule?

• Divine Right of Kings

• Democracy

• Social Contract

• Feudalism

What is the faith, practice, and church order of the Roman Catholic Church called?

• Protestantism

• Catholicism

• Orthodoxy

• Anglicanism