The Feudal Pyramid Vocabulary Quiz 1 - 2023
Across
- 3. To enter a castle you had to walk along a _________.
- 5. They were usually more powerful than lords.
- 8. A lord's estate did not practically need anything from other places. It was self-_________.
- 10. It was the room were a lord and his family spent most of the time in a castle.
- 11. Most artisans and merchants were ________ in medieval times.
- 13. A payment made by the bride's family to the groom and his family at the time of marriage.
Down
- 1. A piece of land was left ________ to restore its fertility.
- 2. These people were at the bottom of the social pyramid.
- 4. The best piece of land the belonged to a lord was called the ________.
- 6. The whole feudal system was based on this.
- 7. It was the piece of land controlled by a lord.
- 8. A way of attacking a castle was to lay ________ around it.
- 9. If a nobleman was held prisoner his vassals had to pay ________ to set him free.
- 12. The deep ditch that surrounded many medieval castles.