Middle Ages

The village where nobles and peasants lived, also where all the economic activity took place during the Middle Ages.

• Province

• County

• Manor

• Vassal

Because it was too dangerous to travel to trade, each manor had to be _________________________, or able to provide everything they needed.

• nobility

• self-sufficient

• vegan

• monastic

A land owner in the Middle Ages who is in charge of the people on his land and the lesser vassals he gave land to.

• Lord

• Squire

• Page

• Fief

What was the main unifying force of medieval Western Europe?

• Government

• Church

• Military

• Roman Empire

Economic activities during feudalism were based on....

• Agriculture

• Factory jobs

• Business banking

• Nomadic Hunting & Gathering

A lesser lord who accepts land from a more powerful lord and pledges loyalty and service to that lord

• King

• Monarch

• Vassal

• Peasant

A tax of one-tenth of a person's produce or earnings given to the church

• Fallow

• Joust

• Chivalry

• Tithe

A nobleman who was trained as a warrior and lived their live according to a code of chivalry

• Samurai

• Navy

• Vassal

• Knight

Lower class during the Middle Ages who worked on a manor in exchange for protection.

• Knight

• Noble

• Lord

• Peasant

Political system used during Middle Ages where land was exchanged for loyalty and service.

• Fief

• Kingdom

• Feudalism

• Monarch