Medieval Europe Vocabulary Quiz

A piece of land given from lord to a lesser lord.

• Vassal

• Royalty

• Kingdom

• Fief

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

• King

• Monarch

• Vassal

• Peasant

A peasant who was bound to the land

• Serf

• Apprentice

• Page

• Squire

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

• Province

• County

• Manor

• Vassal

Code of conduct which a knight swore to uphold

• Ethics

• Semper Fi

• Chivalry

• Tithe

The bridge between ancient history and modern times that lasted between 500 AD-1500 AD

• Middle Ages
• Divine Right of Kings
• Knights
• Feudalism

Latin word for Middle Ages

• Charlemagne
• Medieval
• Chivalry
• Serfs

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

• monastery

• convent

A _______________ teaches a religion to people with different beliefs.

• knight

• monastery

• missionary

• serf

What word means related to a religion with many gods?

• Christianity

• guild

• pagan

• convert