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Part 1: The Feudal System
Under Overview, click on Feudal System:
1. In feudalism; who owned the land?
2. How did the lord help the peasants?
3. What services would the lord provide the king?
4. What was the center of life in the Middle Ages?
5. What would typically form around the castle or manor?
6. What powers and roles did the king have in the feudal system?
7. What is a dynasty?
8. What powers and roles did the bishop have in the feudal system?
9. Why was the Catholic Church so wealthy during the Middle Ages?
10. What powers and roles did barons have in the feudal system?
11. What powers and roles did lords have in the feudal system?
12. What roles and opportunities did serfs or peasants have in the feudal system?
13. How many days a week did peasants work during the Middle Ages?
14. What percent of people were peasants during the Middle Ages?
15. What is “divine right”?
Under Culture, click on The King's Court
16. How did the king’s court help the king rule?
17. What were subjects expected to do when the king traveled around the kingdom?
18. When a king died, what son usually took over and ruled as king?
19. What are some other ways people could become kings?
20. Who would usually crown a king during a coronation?
21. List several ways kings could collect money:
22. When were taxes often levied?
23. Why did kings have special seals during the Middle Ages?
24. Who did kings often claim they got the right to rule from?
Under Culture, click on Daily Life in the Middle Ages:
25. Where did most people live in the Middle Ages?
26. What types of crops did peasants grow during the Middle Ages?
27. What were cities like during the Middle Ages?
28. What types of jobs did people have in medieval cities?
29. How many rooms did most houses in the Middle Ages have?
30. In country homes, who else besides people lived in the home?
31. What type of material was most clothing worn by peasants made out of?
32. What type of materials were used for the clothing of the wealthy?
33. What types of food did peasants eat during the Middle Ages?
34. How was meat preserved during the Middle Ages?
35. What types of education did the children of peasants receive during the Middle
Ages?
36. What subjects were taught at universities during the Middle Ages?
37. What did doctors use to “bleed” people?
38. What did most people drink during the Middle Ages? Why did they not drink water
in large amounts?
39. How old were noble girls when they usually married? How old were noble boys
whey they usually married?
Under Overview, click on Guilds:
40. What is a guild? What did guilds focus on?
41. List several ways that guilds played an important part or role in medieval society:
42. About how long did apprentices have to work for “free”?
43. What was the advantage of being a journeyman?
44. What could a master do?
45. Why could merchant guilds become very powerful?
46. Could women join guilds?
47. What does the word “guild” come from?
Part 2: Religion and Entertainment
Under Culture, click on The Catholic Church and Cathedrals
48. How was the local church the center of town life?
49. How did the Catholic Church generate so much money or revenue during the
Middle Ages?
50. About what fraction of the land did the church own during the Middle Ages?
51. What was the leader of the Catholic Church called?
52. How were cathedrals different from most churches?
53. What was the shape of most cathedrals?
54. What did Gothic architecture allow cathedrals to have?
55. What services did churches provide?
Under Overview, click on Medieval Monasteries
56. What is a monastery?
57. What were the people who lived at monasteries called?
58. Why were monasteries somewhat isolated?
59. Why were monks so important during the Middle Ages?
60. How did monks and monasteries help people during the Middle Ages?
61. What did monks typically do within the monastery?
62. What were the main vows monks took once they accepted into a monastery?
63. List the three main orders of monks during the Middle Ages:
Under Culture, click on Middle Ages Art and Literature
64. What did most of the art during the Middle Ages in Europe focus on?
65. How was Gothic art more realistic compared to earlier art styles in the Middle
Ages?
66. Why was most literature during the Middle Ages written by religious clerics and
monks?
Under Culture, click on Entertainment and Music
67. What was one of the favorite sporting events of the nobility?
68. What types of musical instruments were common during the Middle Ages?
69. What did troubadours do?
70. What overall grade would you give for daily life during the Middle Ages?
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