Medieval Society - Miriam | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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The main tower of a castle is called the _________.

castle keep

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A man who worked with metal and was responsible for repairing plows and weapons, making horseshoes, nails, and locks, etc.

blacksmith

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The main room of the castle where the lord worked and received his visitors. It was also used as a dining room.

great hall

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A competition in which two knights on horseback fought each other with lances.

jousting

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What was the main economic activity of medieval life? A. trade B. agriculture C. tourism D. football

agriculture

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Medieval society was organized into two types of estates. Name them.

privileged estates and non-privileged estates

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The nobility and clergy were part of this estate. They were subject to different laws from the rest of the population.

privileged estate

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All the people who were not members of the nobility or clergy belonged to this group.

non-privileged estate

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This group consisted of dukes, marquises, counts, etc. They were vassals of the king and lived in castles.

higher nobility

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This group was composed of knights, who possessed nothing except their weapons and their horse. They were vassals of the feudal lord.

lower nobility

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This group cultivated the tenements and could leave the fief when they wanted to.

free peasants

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This group could not leave the fief and needed permission from the lord to do certain activities, such as get married.

serfs

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This group consisted of bishops and abbots, who generally belonged to noble families and could be feudal lords.

higher clergy

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The group consisted of the rest of the clergy: monks, priests, etc.

lower clergy

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There were two different kinds of clergy. Name them.

secular and regular

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Name two popular crops grown on a medieval estate.

cereals (wheat, rye, barley, oats) and pulses (lentils, chickpeas, beans,etc.)

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