Civil War, Knights, Lords, and Kings | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 19 Public

History Exam Study Guide

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Knights were _____ who fought on horseback.

soldiers

10

Who were the main fight force in every army?

Knights

15

What were a Knight's main weapons?

A lance and the sword

15

What is a lance?

A long, thin, spear

20

It took 2 years of training to become a skilled knight. (T/F)

FALSE. It took many years of training to become a skilled knight

15

A knight went into battle dressed in ______.

armour

5

Armour was sometimes called a what?

Chain-mail

15

Besides the armour, what else did a knight have to protect him?

Iron helmet and a long, narrow shield

20

War horses could gallop, but not trot. (T/F)

Falseee. They could TROT, but NOT GALLOP.

10

At first, Norman knights lived where?

In the great lords' castles

15

After 1066, where did the Norman knights live?

They lived on pieces of land that their lords gave away to them

20

How did the knight pay his rent for his land?

By doing guard duty at his lord's castle and serving with his lord in the army

25

Like most countries in the Middle Ages, England was a ______.

monarchy

25

What was a monarchy?

It meant that a country (or countries) was ruled by a king

25

The earls and barons had their own....?

castles and armies of knights and archers.

20

In what year did all the great men build castles and refused to obey King Stephen?

1137

25