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Chapter 13 Test
Chapter 13
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1. What was the Middle Ages? | The era in European history that followed the fall of the Roman Empire, lasting from about 500 to 1500—also called the medieval period. |
2. Who were the Franks? | Germanic people who settled in the Roman province of Gaul (roughly the area now occupied by France) and established a great empire during the Middle Ages. |
3. Who were the monasteries? | Religious community of men (called monks) who have given up their possessions to devote themselves to a life of prayer and worship. |
4. What was secular? | Being concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters. |
5. What was the Carolingian Dynasty? | A dynasty of Frankish rulers, lasting from a.d. 751 to 987. |
6. Who was Charlemagne? | He was a ruler of the Frankish Kingdom, also known as, Charles the Great. |
7. What was a lord? | In feudal Europe, a person who controlled land and could therefore grant estates to vassals. |
8. What was a fief? | An estate granted to a vassal by a lord under the feudal system in medieval Europe. |
9. What was a vassal? | A lord in exchange for a pledge of loyalty and services. |
10. What was a knight? | In medieval Europe, an armored warrior who fought on horseback. |
11. Who were the serfs? | A medieval peasant legally bound to live on a lord’s Estate. |
12. What was a manor? | A lord’s estate in feudal Europe. |
13. What was the tithe? | A family’s payment of one-tenth of its income to a church. |
14. What was chivalry? | A code of behavior for knights in medieval Europe, stressing ideals such as courage, loyalty, and devotion. |
15. What was a tournament? | A mock battle between groups of knights. |
16. Who were troubadours? | Medieval poets and musicians who traveled from place to place, entertaining people with songs of courtly love. |
17. Who were the clergy's? | A body of officials who perform religious services—such as priests, ministers, or rabbis. |
18. What are sacraments? | One of the Christian ceremonies in which God’s grace is transmitted to people. |
19. What was the canon law? | The body of laws governing the religious practices of a Christian church. |
20. What was the Holy Roman Empire? | An empire established in Europe in the 10th century a.d., originally consisting mainly of lands in what is now Germany and Italy. |
21. What was the practice of lay investiture? | The appointment of religious officials by kings or nobles. |
22. At what age did a knight start training? | The age was at 7 years old. |
23. What religion did the majority of people practice in the middle ages? | Most people practiced Christianity in the middle ages of this time period. |
24. What was the code of the knights? | It was the code of chivalry? |
25. What was feudalism? | Feudalism was a political system in which nobles were granted the use of land that legally belonged to the king. |