Middle Ages

Match the following

• a lower lord

• vassals

• traveling poet

• troubadour

• land given in return for loyalty

• squire

• a knight's apprentice

• fief

• a standard of conduct that governed how knights were to act

• chivalry

Match the following

• sacred rituals

• excommunicate

• spiritual head of the Church

• lay investiture

• forbidding an entire town or region from sacraments

• interdict

• forbid a person from receiving sacraments

• pope

• the practice of kings appointing church officials

• sacrament

Which Frankish King had a victory at the Battle of Tours?

• Charles Martel

• Charlemagne

• Clovis

• Louis I

Who crowned Charlemagne as Emperor of the Romans?

• Louis I

• Leo III

• Pious II

• Gregory IV

At what age did a knight's training begin?

• 7

• 5

• 9

• 13

What is the difference between peasants and serfs?

• Peasants were free to leave, serfs were not

• Peasants are not free, serfs are free

• Peasants work the land and serfs serve in the castle

• Serfs are slaves to a knight and peasants serve kings in a castle

Which language were Medieval Bibles written in?

• English

• Greek

• Latin

• Hebrew

What was the final result of the Crusades?

• Christians were ousted from the Holy Land

• Christians regained Jerusalem

• Muslims conquered Egypt

• The Muslims were defeated and driven out of the Holy Land

What event brought about the end of the Reconquista?

• The defeat of Spain

• The marriage of Isabella and Ferdinand II

• The Muslims battled against the conquest

• The ex-communication of Ferdinand II

What was scholasticism?

• A philosophy followed by medieval universities that used reason to support Christian beliefs

• A system of education that emphasizes memorization and rote learning

• A form of government that promotes the rule of law

• A type of literature that focuses on the supernatural