Feudalism

A system of government in which power is based on land ownership

• democracy

• communism

• republic

• feudalism

Portions of land

• feudalism

• fiefs

• vassals

• serfs

The people that receive the land

• feudalism

• fiefs

• vassals

• serfs

He was a Holy Roman Emperor, conquered parts of Western Europe, and unified Christian lands in Europe

• Charlemagne

• William the Conquerer

• Genghis Kahn

• Julius Caesar

The peasantry who farmed the land

• feudalism

• fiefs

• vassals

• serfs

The Divine Rights of the Kings was a

• a system of government in which power is based on land ownership

• gave the monarch a power or right to rule from god.

What led to the development of feudalism in Europe?

• fall of the Greek Empire

• fall of the Roman Empire

• William the Conqueror started feudalism

• Charlemagne created feudalism

A king gave his most important lords fiefs, which were

• grants of land

• large celebrations

• war horses

• market licenses

Social class in the Middle Ages were determined by

• birth

• wealth

• religion

• education

Serfs or peasant were required to

• grind their own grain at home.

• fight against the king's enemies

• move to nearby cities and towns

• stay on the land that they worked.