The Feudal Pyramid Vocabulary Quiz 1 - 2023

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Across
  1. 3. To enter a castle you had to walk along a _________.
  2. 5. They were usually more powerful than lords.
  3. 8. A lord's estate did not practically need anything from other places. It was self-_________.
  4. 10. It was the room were a lord and his family spent most of the time in a castle.
  5. 11. Most artisans and merchants were ________ in medieval times.
  6. 13. A payment made by the bride's family to the groom and his family at the time of marriage.
Down
  1. 1. A piece of land was left ________ to restore its fertility.
  2. 2. These people were at the bottom of the social pyramid.
  3. 4. The best piece of land the belonged to a lord was called the ________.
  4. 6. The whole feudal system was based on this.
  5. 7. It was the piece of land controlled by a lord.
  6. 8. A way of attacking a castle was to lay ________ around it.
  7. 9. If a nobleman was held prisoner his vassals had to pay ________ to set him free.
  8. 12. The deep ditch that surrounded many medieval castles.