Middle Ages Quiz

Which of the following is NOT a name for the time period from 500-1500?

• Medieval Times

• Middle Ages

• Feudalism Times

• Medieval Period

What is the name of a large estate owned by a knight or a lord.

• manor

• pasture

• farm

• monastery

Who was the Italian monk who created a set of rules for monks to follow?

• Patrick

• Charlemagne

• William

• Benedict

What do you call the workers who were tied to the land on which they worked?

• monks

• missionaries

• serfs

• vassals

Where were the Vikings from?

• Britain

• Scandinavia

• Arabia

• Iberia

A vassal is a person who promised to support a lord in exchange for land.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Viking longships were made of iron which made them heavy and slow so they could not be carried over land.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is the correct order of the European feudal system from most power to least power?

• lord, king, peasant, knight

• peasant, knight, lord, king

• king, knight, lord, peasant

• king, lord, knight, peasant

Which day of the week is NOT named after the Vikings?

• Tuesday

• Wednesday

• Friday

• Saturday

What governed the relationship between lords and vassals?

• money

• feudalism

• Vikings

• trade