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