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.