The Middle Ages in Europe Vocabulary Test

Medieval Philosopher and theologian

• Plato
• Thomas Aquinas
• Socrates
• Aristotle

military expeditions to gain (regain) the Holy Land from the Muslims (from 11th to the 13th centuries)

• Jihad
• Inquisition
• Reconquista
• Crusades

Frankish king who conquered most of Europe and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III in the year 800

• Charlemagne
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Alexander the Great
• Julius Caesar

compilation of the complex system of Roman laws; became the system of laws for the Byzantine Empire

• Code of Justinian

• Code of Hammurabi
• Ten Commandments
• Magna Carta

Church established in the Byzantine Empire after the split from the Roman Catholic Church; Greek & Russian Orthodox Churches descend from this

• Roman Catholic Church
• Protestant Church
• Anglican Church
• Eastern Orthodox Church

a system of farming developed in medieval Europe, in which farm land was divided into three fields of equal size and each of these was successively planted with a winter crop, planted with a spring crop, and left unplanted.

• Slash and burn
• Monoculture
• Intercropping
• three field system

This document was signed by King John in 1215. It was the first document that limited the power of the government.

• Magna Carta
• Declaration of Independence
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Bill of Rights

People of high rank who received land in exchange for their loyalty

• Lords

• Vassals
• Serfs
• Nobles

the years between ancient and modern times; from about A.D. 500 until 1500

• Dark Ages
• Renaissance era
• Medieval period
• Middle Ages

in the Middle Ages, lesser noble who served as a mounted warrior for a lord

• Peasant
• Monarch
• Squire
• Knight