History vocabulary exercise about the middle ages
How to complete the exercise on history of the middle ages 
To complete the exercise you have to find one word in each section below which does not belong in the Middle Ages in Europe. The last exercise you have to match the sections with the categories.
** HINT ** In each section there is one thing that did not exist at that time.
Exercise Middle Ages
| Section 1 | |
| Iron bridge Dungeon Hut Drawbridge (a bridge that goes up and down) Tapestry |
Castle Gothic cathedral Walled town Moat Thatched roof (made of straw) |
| Section 2 | |
| Jousting/tilting (fighting on horseback with long sticks) Tennis Darts Marbles Dog fighting The Crusades |
Falconry (hunting with birds) Football Skating Bear baiting Skittles (similar to ten pin bowling) Wrestling Chivalry Chain mail (armour made from linked metal hoops) |
| Section 3 | |
| Mine Bow and arrow Cannon Rifle |
Cavalry Siege engine Mercenary |
| Section 4 | |
| Apothecary (similar to a modern pharmacist) Tinker Minstrel Serfs Accountant Baron Tenant Farmer Mason Glassblower |
Blacksmith Troubadour Guild Apprentice Merchant Eunuch Landed gentry Potter Carpenter Bricklayer Rat catcher |
| Section 5 | |
| Chastity belt Dowry |
Veil Bra burning |
| Section 6 | |
| Monastery Pilgrimage The Inquisition Astrology |
Excommunicate Evangelical Christians Nun |
| Section 7 | |
| The Black Death (= bubonic plague) Humours Herbal cure |
Leech Antibiotics |
| Section 8 | |
| Mead (a kind of wine made from honey) (Wild) boar Rabbit Poll tax Banks Government monopolies |
Potatoes Black pudding (= blood sausage) Fasting Salt tax Cheques Tax farmer |
| Section 9 | |
| Palanquin Horse and cart Toll gate |
Steam engine Inn Sailing ship |
| Section 10 | |
| Torture Ordeals Witch trials Branding Mutilation |
The rack The ducking chair Poaching Corporal punishment The electric chair |
| Section 11 | |
| Lute Dancing bears Piano |
Passion plays (religious drama) Trumpet Flute |
Exercise 2 Middle Ages
Match the eleven sections with the categories in the list below:
- War
- Transport
- Law and order and crimes
- Food and drink Health and disease Religion
- Women and marriage
- Professions, trades and social classes
- Buildings and architecture
- Music and entertainment
- The economy
- Sports and games
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