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During peacetime, knights would often hold tournaments to engage in which activity?

Sword fighting

Archery

Wrestling

Jousting (correct)

What was the purpose of the Code of Chivalry?

To establish rules for sword fighting

To ensure fair betting on jousting competitions

To control the potentially dangerous behavior of knights (correct)

To encourage knights to participate in tournaments

What did nobles and serfs sometimes do during tournaments?

Participate in jousting competitions

Create rules for the tournaments

Settle arguments violently with their swords

Bet on their favorite knight (correct)

True or false: Tournaments were only held during peacetime.

True Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Jousting was a tournament in which two opponents fought with swords.

False Signup and view all the answers

True or false: The Code of Chivalry was created to control knights' potentially dangerous behavior.

True Signup and view all the answers

Knights held tournaments to compete for an overall ______.

prize Signup and view all the answers

The goal of the competition was to use a ______ to knock the opposing knight off his horse.

lance Signup and view all the answers

To control the knights and their potentially dangerous behavior, lords created a set of rules called the ______.

Code of Chivalry Signup and view all the answers

During peacetime, knights held tournaments to engage in which activity?

Jousting Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the Code of Chivalry?

To control knights' dangerous behavior Signup and view all the answers

What did nobles and serfs sometimes do during tournaments?

Bet on their favorite knight Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of chivalry?

A system of beliefs and honorable behavior that knights were expected to follow Signup and view all the answers

What was the purpose of jousting in tournaments?

To knock the opposing knight off his horse Signup and view all the answers

During the Middle Ages, apprentices would train with a guild member for a certain number of years. What would happen to an apprentice who proved themselves to be skillful in the craft?

They would be promoted to journeyman. Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of a journeyman in a guild?

To practice the trade in the community and earn wages Signup and view all the answers

What was one of the requirements for a journeyman to become a master in a guild?

To produce a masterpiece Signup and view all the answers

What were women's job options in the Middle Ages?

They had fewer job options than men. Signup and view all the answers

What was one of the purposes of convents in the Middle Ages?

To provide health care and help families Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Guilds required would-be members to train for a certain number of years with a guild member.

True Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Women in the Middle Ages had fewer job options than men.

True Signup and view all the answers

True or false: Women were allowed to attend the first universities in Italy, England, and France.

False Signup and view all the answers

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During peacetime, knights would often hold tournaments to engage in which activity?

What was the purpose of the Code of Chivalry?

What did nobles and serfs sometimes do during tournaments?

True or false: Tournaments were only held during peacetime.

True or false: Jousting was a tournament in which two opponents fought with swords.

True or false: The Code of Chivalry was created to control knights' potentially dangerous behavior.

Knights held tournaments to compete for an overall ______.

The goal of the competition was to use a ______ to knock the opposing knight off his horse.

To control the knights and their potentially dangerous behavior, lords created a set of rules called the ______.

During peacetime, knights held tournaments to engage in which activity?

What is the purpose of the Code of Chivalry?

What did nobles and serfs sometimes do during tournaments?

What is the definition of chivalry?

What was the purpose of jousting in tournaments?

During the Middle Ages, apprentices would train with a guild member for a certain number of years. What would happen to an apprentice who proved themselves to be skillful in the craft?

What is the role of a journeyman in a guild?

What was one of the requirements for a journeyman to become a master in a guild?

What were women's job options in the Middle Ages?

What was one of the purposes of convents in the Middle Ages?

True or false: Guilds required would-be members to train for a certain number of years with a guild member.

True or false: Women in the Middle Ages had fewer job options than men.

True or false: Women were allowed to attend the first universities in Italy, England, and France.

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