Middle Ages Vocabulary

A baker, goldsmith, tailor, or weaver might have joined a craft _________________ to unite common interests.

• monarch

• guild

• epidemic

• chivalry

The __________________ was the supreme ruler at the top of the feudalism social structure.

• monk

• knight

• lady

• monarch

A _____________ was someone who farmed the land owned by the lords.

• serf

• monarch

• knight

• lady

A man who devoted his life to religion was called a __________.

• monk

• knight

• monarch

A ______________ served as a center of religion and education for the nuns who lived there.

• monastery

• convent

A trained warrior in the third level in the feudalism pyramid was called a _______________.

• monk

• serf

• missionary

• knight

A _____________ was of noble birth but had little opportunity to make life decisions without direction from a spouse.

• monarch

• monk

• lady

• knight

In addition to prayer and studies, a ____________ or woman devoted to religion, also cultivated crops and helped the poor.

• lady

• knight

• nun

The Plague was an aggressive ______________ that killed about 25 percent of Europe's people in about 5 years.

• epidemic

• monarch

• chivalry

• guild

According to a code of ______________, a knight pledged to use his strength to stand against injustice

• guild

• chivalry

• missionary

• convent