Middle Ages Vocabulary

Question 1

A piece of land granted to a vassal in return for services and loyalty

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Fief

Question 2

A series of Holy Wars between European Christians and Middle Eastern Muslim to regain Holy Land

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Crusades

Question 3

A person who received a fief in return for their services and loyalty

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Vassal

Question 4

Social, political, and economic system during the Middle Ages based on fiefs and vassals

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Feudalism

Question 5

Time period after the fall of Rome to the Renaissance; also known as the Dark Ages

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Middle Ages

Question 6

Document signed by King John that limited kings power and granted rights to nobles

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Magna Carta

Question 7

Most important part of Feudal system based on dependence of serfs on their lord and land

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Manorial System

Question 8

Leader of the Normans that took English throne in 1066 & introduced feudalism to England

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William the Conqueror

Question 9

An increase in trade that led to the growth of towns and cities

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Trade Revival

Question 10

Disease carried by fleas that wiped out millions of Europeans

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Black death

Question 11

Son of Pepin III, unified most of Western Europe, crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope

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Charlemagne

Question 12

A conflict over appointment of Bishops that led to an increase of power for Pope and Church

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Pope Gregory VII v. King Henry IV

Question 13

Conflict between England and France over French throne and lands

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Hundred Years War

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Code of honor that dictated how knights treated others

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Chivalry

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Unifying force in Europe during the Middle Ages, led by the Pope

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Roman Catholic Church

Question 16

language spoken in a particular place

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Vernacular

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