The Middle Ages Vocab quiz

What does conquest mean?

• A group of people take control of another place, usually by force or fighting.

• A religious ceremony.

• A peace treaty between nations.

• A large funeral for a King or Queen that has recently died.

What is the feudal system?

• A religious hierarchy.

• A system of government based on democratically elected officials and their parliament.

• A scientific theory from the middle ages.

• A way of organising society where kings gave land to nobles, who let peasants live on it in exchange for work.

What is a census?

• A battle between armies.

• The government gathers information on all the people living in a country.

• A large document of laws.

• A government system that organises peasants into different categories.

What is the Magna Carta?

• A medieval musical instrument used in banquets and dinner halls.

• A very old document that said even the king had to follow the rules, it was the beginning of laws.

• A type of medieval armour for knights and noblemen.

• A famous ship used in the exploration of new territories.

What is a peasant?

• Traveling merchants that traded their goods.

• Knights of the realm.

• Poor farmers who worked the land.

• Land-owning nobles.

What was the plague?

• A type of medieval punishment.

• A war tactic.

• A deadly disease that spread rapidly.

• A form of taxation.

What is parliament?

• A group of people who help make laws and decisions for a country.

• A royal court.

• A group of nobles serving as knights.

• A medieval military rank.

What is a noble?

• Traveling entertainers and jesters.

• Poor workers of the land that farm for the richer members of society.

• Members of the church clergy.

• Wealthy landowners with titles.

What does concurrently mean?

• Happening one after another.

• Not likely to happen.

• Happening at the same time.

• In a confusing order.

What does medieval mean?

• The time of the Roman Empire.

• The Middle Ages.

• An incredibly important historical item.

• The Renaissance.