Middle Ages Vocabulary

Match the following

• An armored warrior who fought on horseback

• Chivalry

• A person who received land and protection from a lord in return for loyalty

• Vassal

• A system of government that developed in the Middle Ages in Europe

• Guild

• A code of behavior by which knights were expected to be brave, loyal, and kind

• Knight

• A group of people with the same trade or craft

• Feudalism

Match the following

• A governing body made up of a group of representatives

• Parliament

• a peasant farmer who was tied to the land

• Medieval

• : A list of political rights written by England’s nobles and signed by King John

• Magna Carta

• Having to do with the Middle Ages

• Serf

• A lord’s estate

• Manor

How did the fall of the Roman Empire effect governments in Europe during the Middle Ages?

• Governments became stronger and larger because Rome no longer controlled them.

• Governments increased their rights to all citizens particularly the poorest members of society

• Governments became smaller, more local, and were based on the Feudal system

• Counties began to form into superpowers and begin to create vast Empires.

Peasants were the lowest and poorest individuals in the Feudal system. What were their main functions in the Feudal System of Middle Age Europe?

• Provided soldiers and military support for the Monarchs

• Provided labor for farms and maintained the Monarchs land holdings

• Provided the priest for the Catholic Church

• Provided the teachers, doctors, and merchants for the Monarchs kingdom