Grades 6 – Vocabulary U3W2

6. a time when many people do not have enough food
7. (n.). a farmer who works on land they do not own and gives part of the crop to the owner
10. religious wars fought during the Middle Ages
14. completely destroyed or knocked down
16. people or groups who serve and obey a more powerful ruler
17. a large house on land owned by a lord
18. able to speak a language easily and well
19. workers who were forced to live and work on a lord’s land
20. very strong in belief or faith

1. someone who is blamed for a problem they did not cause
2. to love and care about something deeply
3. following old customs or ways
4. very windy,
5. make(a person or area) poor
8. doing well; rich or successful
9. being smart and creative at solving problems
11. powerful landowners in the feudal system
12. a lot of something; more than enough
13. A medieval system where kings owned land, lords controlled it, and peasants worked on it
15. the most important or the greatest