Middle Ages/Feudalism

Which of the following was NOT one of the ways in which feudalism improved daily life in Europe?

• People stopped living in constant fear

• Kings built more homes

• People had more children

• More goods were created

Name the Ruler:
First to unite Europe into an empire after the Fall of Rome

• Alfred

• Charlemagne

• Edward

• William the Conqueror

What is a fief?

• A lord of a manor

• A piece of land

• A poor person

• A knight in training

What is the name of the social system in Medieval Eroupe, that had lords, and serfs?

• The Futbol System

• The Feudal System

• The Futile System

• The Food for All system

The majority of the population in the feudal system represented which class?

• Kings

• Knights

• Lords

• Peasants 

What was the main role of serfs in the feudal system?

• Laborers

• Making laws

• Trading goods

Vassals owed loyalty to....

• Higher lords

• Serfs

• Peasants

Social structure of the Middle Ages

• Caste System

• Feudalism

• Manorism

Served as protection and a means of identification for a knight.

• A Horse

• A Shield

• A Fief

Europe became a feudal society because

• the rarity of cash required land to be used as a payment for services.

• Europeans needed to defend themselves against constant raids and invasions.

• overpopulation required that a more efficient agricultural system be developed.

• skilled craftspeople had emerged as farming techniques improve.