Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!

During medieval times, the name for an area of agriculture (farming) land, a village whose inhabitants worked that land, and a manor house where the lord who owned or controlled the estate lived.

• castle

• manor

• fief

• plantation

Men who owned or leased land to other individuals including vassals. Equivalent to a landlord in modern days.

• peddlers

• artisans

• lords

• pilgrims

A poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land for cultivation (growing crops).

• vassal

• lord

• artisan

• peasant

Livestock is ______________________________.

• Crops grown to provide food.

• Farm animals regarded as an asset (being useful/valuable).

• Sheep raised for wool.

• Animals kept in cages for display purposes only.

Disease that causes death and spreads quickly to a large number of people or animals.

• toll

• famine

• plague

• perish

A medieval holiday celebrated on May 1st in celebration of the return of spring.

• Easter

• spring equinox

• St. Patrick's Day

• May Day

The ancient sport of hunting small wild game or birds with trained birds of pray.

• archery

• falconry

• chivalry

• fencing

Which word is not a synonym for the word adversity.

• obstacle

• misfortune

• difficulty

• fortune

To lead or take part in an organized campaign for a social, political, or religious issue.

• crusade

• protest

• martyr

• feudalism

In the Middle Ages the Church encouraged people to travel to special holy places called shrines to pray for forgiveness and increase chances of going to heaven. The people who went on these journeys were called ______________________.

• serfs

• peddlers

• pilgrims

• lords