Help
Options
Term
convents
click to flip
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't know
Term
Crusades
Remaining cards (16)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
The Middle Ages 2022
Vocabulary Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| convents | a community of nuns |
| Crusades | major military expeditions by Christians to win back the control of Palestine (Holy Land) |
| fuedalism | a social, political, and economic system used in the Middle Ages; exchanging land for loyalty |
| fief | piece of land granted by a lord |
| knight | a feudal warrior trained and prepared to fight on horseback |
| lord | a man of high rank in a feudal society |
| Magna Carta | an English charter that limited the king's power (1215) |
| manor system | in the Middle Ages, a way to manage feudal lands |
| merchants | a person who buys and sells goods |
| Middle Ages | the period in European history between antiquity and the Renaissance, dated AD 476-1453 |
| monestary | a community where monks live, study and pray |
| monk | a man who devotes his life to religion and lives in a monestary |
| nation state | an area of land shared by people who have a common culture and history |
| nuns | a woman who devotes her life to religion and lives in a convent |
| peasant | a poor farmer of low social status who owns or rents a small piece of land |
| plague | an epidemic of an often fatal disease |
| vassal | a person who held land from a feudal lord and received protection in return for homage and allegiancef |
Created by:
asettlemire
Popular World History sets