Going Medieval

Question 1

In the Feudal system, a fief was:

Accepted Answer

land given to a vassal by a lord in return for loyalty

Question 2

Chain mail was:

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a type of armour made of interlinking metal rings

Question 3

The Holy Land was strip of land located in:

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modern day Israel, Palestine and Syria

Question 4

In 1315 Europe was struck by a catastrophe were many of the poor starved, it was called:

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The Great Famine

Question 5

A trebuchet was a huge:

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catapult used to throw rocks, fire or dead bodies at castles

Question 6

In the Medieval period, a siege was when a castle:

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was surrounded, had its supplies cut off, its walls battered

Question 7

Early fortresses were called:

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Motte and Bailey Castles

Question 8

In Medieval times, when people were accused of a crime they swore an oath to God and faced:

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trial by ordeal - usually fire or water

Question 9

People who devoted themselves to a quiet and withdrawn religious life were called:

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monks

Question 10

The area in a castle where soldiers lived was called the:

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garrison

Question 11

a hole that allowed rocks and missiles to be dropped onto enemies at castle walls was a:

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murder hole

Question 12

Charlemagne, King of the Franks, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor on:

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Christmas Day, 800 CE

Question 13

In the Feudal system, a vassal was a person who:

Accepted Answer

gave loyalty and service to a lord for protection and a fief

Question 14

William of Normandy invaded England and beat King Harold at the Battle of Hastings in October:

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1066 CE

Question 15

In the Medieval social hierarchy a Knight was:

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a warrior who pledged loyalty to a lord in return for a fief

Question 16

Feudalism was a hierarchical social system where:

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lords gave fiefs (land) to vassals in return for loyalty

Question 17

The people at the bottom of the social hierarchy and who worked the land were the:

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peasants and serfs

Question 18

The Medieval period begins with the Fall of the Roman Empire in:

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476 CE

Question 19

A walkway leading into a castle that could be raised was called a:

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drawbridge

Question 20

The document signed by King John in 1215 that gave basic rights to the English people was the:

Accepted Answer

Magna Carta

Question 21

The defensive lake or water around a castle was called the:

Accepted Answer

moat

Question 22

The First Crusade to retake Jerusalem and the Holy Lands from the Seljuk Turks in:

Accepted Answer

1096 CE

Questions 22