The Feudal System
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. FEUDAL
A. The ___ of two berths
2. BELOW
B. In or to a place that is lower
3. PEASANTS
C. A senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority (plural)
4. SYSTEM
D. A relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another (plural)
5. POWER
E. That which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions
6. CHURCH
F. A nobleman of varying rank (plural)
7. HIERARCHY
G. The extremity of the superior limb (plural)
8. WEALTH
H. Male ruler of a kingdom
9. BARONS
I. A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
10. HIGHER
J. Strength or the ability to control things
11. KING
K. The territory occupied by a nation
12. HEAD
L. An earlier section of a written text
13. LOWER
M. The state of being rich and affluent
14. LORDS
N. A series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system
15. HANDS
O. Building where Christians gather to worship
16. LAYERS
P. Title for a master or for God (plural)
17. BISHOPS
Q. A country person (plural)
18. HEART
R. Originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry (plural)
19. ABOVE
S. Organ that pumps blood around the body
20. KNIGHTS
T. Advanced in complexity or elaboration
21. LAND
U. Of or relating to or characteristic of ___