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In feudalism, this was a term for a noble who held land from and served a higher-ranking lord, and in return was given protection.

• Fief
• Crusades
• plague
• vassal 

This document helped establish the idea that people have rights and took power away from the king. 

• Common Law
• House of Commoners 
• Magna Carta 
• Bible 

This was a political and social system based on bonds of loyalty between lords and vassals.

• Federalism
• Feudalism 
• Monarchy 
• Democracy 

During the Middle Ages, a number of ______________ were set up by the Catholic Church in order for monks to educate people and spread Christianity. 

• Manors
• Monasteries
• Monarchies
• Clergies

Under feudalism, the land a lord granted to a vassal in exchange for service and loyalty was called 

• heresy.
• fief.
• vassal.
• monastery.

The _____________ decided whether people should be accused of a crime. 

• Grand Jury
• Trial Jury
• Renaissance
• Pope

The Crusades were a holy war launched by

• Christians against Muslims.
• Christians against Jews.
• Muslims against Jews.
• Muslims against Christians.

This was the code of conduct that knights followed that asked them to be brave, loyal, honorable, and kind to all people.

• Bushido
• Feudalism
• Chivalry
• Crusades

The ___________ decided whether a person was guilty or innocent. 

• Grand Jury
• Trial Jury
• Renaissance
• Crusades

In feudalism, this was a term for a peasant worker who was bound by law to the lands of a noble. These peasants had no rights. 

• Serfs
• Freemen
• Knights
• Lords