Middle Ages and Renaissance Test Review

A political and social system in medieval Europe where land was exchanged for military service and loyalty, creating a hierarchy among kings, nobles, knights, and serfs.

• Feudalism
• Serf
• Manor
• Chivalry
• Crusades

The medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code, emphasizing bravery, honor, and respect for women and the weak.

• Chivalry
• Feudalism
• Serf
• Manor
• Crusades

A Renaissance intellectual movement focusing on human potential and achievements, with a strong emphasis on classical Greek and Roman texts and ideals.

• Humanism
• Feudalism
• Serf
• Manor
• Chivalry

A principle or worldview that emphasizes non-religious concerns, allowing for a focus on material and worldly matters in contrast to religious or spiritual ones.

• Secularism
• Feudalism
• Serf
• Manor
• Chivalry

A wealthy supporter of the arts and learning, often funding artists, writers, and scholars during the Renaissance.

• Patron
• Feudalism
• Serf
• Manor
• Chivalry

A religious community where monks or nuns lived, devoted to worship, study, and often self-sufficiency through agriculture or other trades.

• Monastery
• Feudalism
• Serf
• Manor
• Chivalry

A series of religious wars in the medieval period initiated by Christians to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim control.

• Crusades
• Feudalism
• Serf
• Manor
• Chivalry

The estate or landholdings of a feudal lord, which included villages, farmland, and peasants, and served as the basic economic unit in the Middle Ages.

• Manor
• Feudalism
• Serf
• Chivalry
• Crusades

A medieval method of learning that aimed to reconcile Christian theology with ancient philosophical ideas, particularly those of Aristotle.

• Scholasticism
• Feudalism
• Serf
• Manor
• Chivalry

An artistic technique developed during the Renaissance that creates the illusion of depth and three-dimensionality on a flat surface.

• Perspective
• Feudalism
• Serf
• Manor
• Chivalry