Middle Ages Unit Review

• Bailey

• Gatehouse

• Palliside

• Keep

The purpose of a dungeon is 

• Too keep the castle from collapaing
• The prevent undermining
• to block invaders from entering
• To hold prisoners

What defense feature was a ditch filled with water around the castle?

• The Keep
• The Moat
• the Curtain Wall
• The Motte

A man made hill that the keep sits on is called a

• Gateway

• Bailey

• Motte

• Moat

What was a fief?

• something of value (land, office, position in church, etc)

• The currency of Medieval Europe

• The Medieval government

What was the order of the hierarchy in European Feudalism?

• King, Church, Knight, Peasant

• King, Noble, Knight, Peasant

• King, Noble, Peasant, Knight

• Noble, Knight, Peasant, Serf

Which of these best defines feudalism?

• A political and economic arrangement in which a lord provides protection in exchange for loyalty and service.
• A hierarchy designed to ensure only kings are protected.
• A system of exchange where laborers work for wages in the form of money.
• A social order with kings at the top and knights at the bottom.

Chivalry was

• a code of honor practiced by samurai
• a code of honor practiced by knights
• the right of kings to rule
• the right of serfs to be free

Who worked on the manor and was "tied" there?

• knights
• serfs
• lords
• nobles

A vassal was

• a king
• anyone who got land or something of value from a lord
• anyone who gave land to a person
• a peasant or serf