Review of Early Towns in the Middle Ages

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What social and economic system developed in the period after the Fall of Rome (the Dark Ages)?

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Feudalism

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What was the primary duty of knights in the feudal system?

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To protect the manor and serve in the lord's army

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What is the large estate of land that was given in exchange for loyalty and service called?

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A fief

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A resident is a person who

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lives in a place.

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The _______ played an important part of all people's lives during the Middle Ages.

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Church

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What is surplus agriculture?

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enough extra crops to sell to others who are not farmers

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True or False. The feudal system was repeated in towns during the Middle Ages.

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FALSE

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Which word matches this definition: The formal, written grant of rights & privileges from a ruler to a group of people, community or organization.

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charter

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Which describe medieval towns? Check all that apply: gates and thick stone walls surrounding it, dark, narrow, unpaved streets, many shops and buildings built, large amounts of farmland in the center

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many shops and buildings built