Studies Weekly Week 21: Middle Ages

Who participated in jousting tournaments to show their skills as warriors?

• knights

• peasants

• lords

• serfs

What was a young noble boy training for knighthood called at the age of 14?

• a page

• a vassal

• a squire

• a lord

Use the chart and what you know to answer this question.

What was the name of the code of conduct followed by the knights during the Middle Ages?

• chivalry

• feudalism

• Justinian Code

• the Round Table

The Sumptuary Laws in the Middle Ages governed the people's

• land

• taxes

• property

• clothing

What is the best synonym for the word "castle," as the ones found in the Middle Ages?

• palace

• fort

• manor

• battlement

What was the name of a knight's metal gloves?

• armor

• sabatons

• gauntlets

• gorgets

In the class system called feudalism, who received land grants called fiefs?

• lords

• knights

• vassals

• peasants

What mountain range has the highest mountains in all of Europe?

• the Alps

• knights

• the Pyrenees

• the Caucasus

Who was the strong Frankish leader who ruled with a government?

• Julius Caesar

• Charlemagne

• Constantine

• King Arthur

Which type of trial from ancient Greece was not used in the Middle Ages?

• trial by oath

• trial by battle

• trial by jury

• trial by ordeal