1. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
Submitted by
C. Stephen Ingraham
2009

2. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The time of medieval Europe from 500 CE. - 1,500 CE. Is known as
The Byzantine Empire
b) The Golden Age
c) The Middle Ages
d) The Age of Augustus

3. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The Roman laws made simpler and more understandable by Byzantine Emperor Justinian were known as
Justinian Code
b) The Just Rules
c) Code of Hammurabi
d) Pharaoh’s Monopoly.

4. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The complete control of the means of production is called a) Justinian Code b) The Just Rules c) Code of Hammurabi d) Monopoly.

5. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The Paintings and pictures using bits and pieces of colored glass or stone are
mosaics
icons
c) pictographs
d) hieroglyphics.

6. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The officially accepted Christianity of the Byzantine Empire and centered in Constantinople is
orthodox b) catholic
c) patriarchs d) caliphs.

7. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The holy pictures of Jesus and the saints are called
mosaics
icons
c) pictographs
d) hieroglyphics.

8. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The Byzantine church leaders were known as
orthodox
b) catholic
c) patriarchs
d) popes.

9. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The word meeting universal or “all embracing” is
orthodox b) catholic
c) patriarchs
d) caliphs.

10. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The leader of the Christian church based in Rome is called
Crusaders
b) pope
c) caliph
d) patriarch.

11. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The idea that all the Christians of every kingdom formed a community is called a) The Kingdom of God b) The Middle Kingdom c) The Kingdom of Christ d) Christendom.

12. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The Christian volunteers who fought to free the holy land from the Seljuk Turks who were Muslims are
crusaders
b) popes
c) caliphs
d) patriarchs.

13. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The Semi-dry plains of grass lands are
Steppes
b) Muslim Deserts
c) Qur’ans
d) Swamps

14. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The holy book of Islam is a) Torah b) Muslim Law c) Qur’an d) Bible.

15. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The religion of the followers of Muhammad’s teaching and Islam.
Hindu
b) Muslim
c) Qur’an
d) Buddhism.

16. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
This means submitting to God’s will or following the Qur’an. a) Islam b) Muslim Law c) Qur’an d) Bible.

17. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The Muslim religious leaders who are successors to Muhammad. a) orthodoxs b) catholics c) patriarchs d) caliphs.

18. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The Muslims who remain loyal to the descendants of the fourth caliph are called
Orthodox
b) Sunni
c) Catholic
d) Shiite

19. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The Muslims who accept the changing dynasties of caliphs or successors to Muhammad are known as
Orthodox b) Sunni
c) Catholic d) Shiite

20. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The Muslim houses of worship are
manor
b) minarets
c) mosques
d) vassals.

21. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The towers on mosques where Muslims are called to worship five times a day are
manor b) minarets
c) Mosques d) vassals.

22. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
A large block of land made up of forests, meadows, a church, a village, and the castle of the noble, who owned it all is called
manor b) minarets
c) mosques d) vassals.

23. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The peasant farmers who worked the noble’s land and were tied to the land of a Noble.
muslims b) serfs
c) vassal d) caliphs

24. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
People who pays rent to the landowner are called
muslims
b) tenant
c) vassal
d) caliphs

25. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
A noble who agrees to perform service for the king in time of war in exchange for use of the land is known as a
muslim b) tenant
c) vassal d) caliph.

26. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
A written agreement (with the king & vassal) is a
covenant
b) contract
c) inscription
d) minaret.

27. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The system of trading protection for loyalty is known as the
fatal system
feudal system
c) nation-state system
d) city-state system.

28. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
A sickness causes by bites from fleas on rats is known as Black Death or the a) fatal death b) inoculation c) sickness-state d) bubonic plaque.

29. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
A government with a strong central government, laws, single ruler, language, customs, & standing army is called
fatal system b) feudal system
c) nation-state d) city-state.

30. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
The list of 63 demands of the English nobles forcing King John to follow All laws like everyone else. a) code of Hamurrabi b) The Justinian Code c) common law d) Magna Carta

31. Middle Ages Vocabulary Challenge
A system of laws based upon court decisions, doctrines, customs, and usages rather than written laws is known as a) code of Hamurrabi b) Ten Commandments c) common law d) Magna Carta