Feudalism

Feudalism is a political and economic system. In the Middle Ages, it worked because it provided something that people needed. What did people need?

• Freedom
• Protection
• Rights
• Education

A person of high rank by birth or title is a 

• Noble
• Serf
• Priest
• Knight

Who raised crops and tended to the livestock? (this group also paid taxes to the lords).

• Knights
• Monks
• Peasants
• Nobles

Who brought the idea of feudalism to England and used it to control a land he was not from?

• William the Conqueror
• King Henry IV
• Pope Gregory VII
• Charlemagne 

A grant of land given by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service is called...

• Convent
• Monastery
• Fief
• Divine Right of King

Who was the great king of the Franks and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire?

• Charlemagne
• William the Conqueror
• King Henry IV
• Pope Gregory VII

People in the Middle Ages lived close together because attacks within European kingdoms AND potential invasions from ...

• the Magyars
• the Vikings
• Muslim empires
• All are correct

To formally be removed from a church is called 

• Excommunicated
• University
• to go on a Pilgrimage
• Persecuted

The body of people, such as priest, who perform sacred functions of a church

• Monk
• Monastery
• Covent
• Clergy

What areas of life did the Christian church impact in the Middle Ages?

• Education
• Holidays
• Government
• All are correct