The Middle Ages Study Guide

Matching: Place the letter to the right of the term

  1. Bubonic Plague
  2. Ghengis Khan
  3. Saladin
  4. Celts
  5. Knight
  6. 100 years
  7. Vernacular
  8. Fleas
  9. Serf
  10. Czar
  11. Justinian Code
  12. Books
  13. Grand Jury
  14. Trail Jury
  15. King/Queen
  16. Fief
  17. Fjord
  18. Room and board
  19. Males
  20. Clergy
  21. Jesus
  22. Vassal
  23. Normandy
  24. Anti-Semitism
  25. Bible
  26. Excommunicate
  27. Heresy
  28. Theology
  29. Magna Carta
  30. Feudalism
  31. Crusades
  32. Domesday Book
  33. Franks
  34. Kievan Rus
  35. King John
  36. Charlemagne
  37. William the Conqueror
  38. 1000 years
  1. Religious beliefs that conflict with Church teachings
  2. Land granted to a vassal or a knight
  3. Region named for the Norsemen who ruled it
  4. Steep-sided valley that is an inlet to the sea
  5. People ordained as priests
  6. Items that universities did not have at their beginnings
  7. To exclude a person from membership
  8. Number of years it took for the Mongols to establish the largest land empire ever
  9. This document had the idea that people have rights and that the power of the government should be limited
  10. Book of Christians
  11. Study of religion and God
  12. Egyptian ruler who united Muslims and went to war against the Christians
  13. Hatred of Jews
  14. Killed 25 million people that caused great fear and lead to the mistrust of the Church
  15. Local language used by people of the region
  16. Apprentices in craft guilds were given this in exchange for their work
  17. Noble who served a lord of a higher rank
  18. In Medieval towns, this gender was recognized as citizens
  19. Warrior in armor who fought on horseback
  20. Government system of kings/queens, lords, knights, serfs, and peasants.
  21. Legal system used by many countries especially in Europe
  22. Decided whether a person could be arrested for a crime
  23. Decide whether an accused person was guilty or innocent
  24. Russians name for emperor
  25. Founder of Christianity
  26. Lowest group of people under Feudalism; another name for slave during the Middle Ages.
  27. Holy War between Christians and Muslims
  28. Small territories around the Eastern European city of Kiev
  29. Carriers of the Black Death
  30. Census taken in England by William the Conqueror
  31. Signed the Magna Carta in 1215
  32. Highest position under Feudalism
  33. Father of Europe; brought back education and learning after Barbarian rule
  34. He unified Mongol clans, built a large army, and created a new legal code
  35. Germanic people who settled in modern day France
  36. Pushed into Ireland, Wales, and Scotland by the Angles and Saxons
  37. Approximate number of years that made up the Middle Ages
  38. Became King of England following the Battle of Hastings 1066

Short Answer

  1. What two groups were fighting against one another during the Crusades?
  2. Name two results of the Black Death.
  3. What two countries fought in the Hundred Years’ War?

Additional Information: Look over: The Middle Ages Web Quest, The Middle Ages Notes, The Black Death Notes, and 10.2 Quiz Feudalism