7th SS Middle Ages Vocabulary Review

Question 1

A knight or person who promised support to someone higher than them in return for land or protection in medieval Europe.

Accepted Answer

Vassal

Question 2

Church Officials

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Clergy

Question 3

A worker in medieval Europe who was tied to the land on which he or she lived

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Serf

Question 4

A community of Monks

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Monastery

Question 5

The shape and elevation of land in a region

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Topography

Question 6

Large community of Christians spread across the world.

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Christendom

Question 7

A document signed in 1215 by King John of England that required the king to honor certain rights

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Magna Carta

Question 8

An organization of Spanish priests that looked for and punished anyone suspected of secretly practicing another religion

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Spanish Inquisition

Question 9

Someone who tries to convert others to a particular religion

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Missionary

Question 10

A series of military campaigns to establish Christian control over the Holy Land.

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Crusades

Question 11

Another word to use for the Middle Ages.

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Medieval

Question 12

A period that lasted from about 500-1500 AD. In Europe. Sometimes called the dark ages or Medieval times

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Middle Ages

Question 13

The lawmaking body that governs England

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Parliament

Question 14

To cast out from the church (according to catholic beliefs, need to be in the church to go to heaven)

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Excommunication

Question 15

A body of law that has developed from custom & from judges' decisions rather than from laws passed by lawmaking assembly

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Common Law

Question 16

A large estate owned by a knight or lord

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Manor

Question 17

A deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351

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Black Death

Question 18

a piece of land or other rights granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for service

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Fief

Question 19

Religious ideas that oppose accepted church doctrine/teachings

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Heresy

Question 20

A court order to bring an arrested person before a judge or court.

Accepted Answer

Habeus Corpus

Questions 20