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1
Which of the following would have been the 2
nd
highest in the medieval feudal system?
Knight
Peasants
King
Lord
2
What was the common method to discover if a woman was guilty of being a witch?
Saw if she could balance on a high wall
Dunked her in water to see if she drowned
Branded her and saw if her skin burned
Made her walk over broken glass to see if she bled
3
What is meant by treason?
Leaving the village without permission
Acting cowardly
Stealing food
Serious disloyalty to the King
4
In summer peasants worked from…
4.30am – 1pm
9am – 5pm
4.30am – 7pm
6am – 3pm
5
When farmers left a field without crops to help it recover its fertility, they left it….
Ploughed
As a furlong
As a rotation field
Fallow
6
Which of the following is not a knights weapon?
Lance
Mace
Sword
Long Bow
7
Which of these games was not played in medieval times?
jigsaw puzzle
marbles
checkers
knucklebones
8
If a knight showed chivalry, he……
was very poor
followed a code of honour
was disloyal to the King
was very brave
9
What factor brought about the end of the knight?
Armour became too heavy
Invention of firearms
A shortage of steel
Armour was no longer fashionable
10
When rats spread disease throughout medieval societies, it was known by two names....
The Fever
Biological Warfare
Plague
The Black Death
11
Which religion was the most powerful in those days?
Protestant
Hindu
Buddhist
Catholic
12
What percentage of the population worked in farming?
65%
75%
50%
90%
13
What was the average life expectancy of an average person in those days?
Early-sixties
Mid-fifties
Late twenties to early thirties
Less than forty years
14
Jousting is when….
Knights attempt to knock each other off horses with a lance
Knights fight with axes
Knights fight in hand to hand combat
Archers try and hit the bullseye
15
What was the name of the channel of water surrounding a castle?
A canal
A moat
A keep
A river
16
People travelling the world and selling spices, furs, copper, precious stones etc. were called
Merchants
Craftsmen
Travellers
Slavers
17
When opposing armies attacked a castle, they would lay ………………… to it.
Donjon
Waste
Siege
Down
18
A suit of plate armour is about…
25kg
5kg
15kg
10kg
19
Why did cities have walls built around them?
To keep wild animals out
To impress foreign visitors
To protect the citizens
To keep serfs busy
20
Who did villeins have to ask permission from to get married?
The Knight
The Baker
The Lord of the Manor
The Priest
