Feudalism and the Middle Ages

What is the name for the system of promises between lords and vassals that governed Europe in the Middle Ages?

• Christianity
• Feudalism
• Shinto
• Chivalry

Which answer choice shows the order of Feudal Society from highest to lowest?

• peasants, knights, nobles, king
• king, nobles, knights, peasants
• knights, king, peasants, serfs
• merchants, knights, commoners, serfs

Who was never a vassal in a Feudal relationship?

• king
• noble
• knight
• peasant

Who was never a lord in a Feudal relationship?

• king
• noble
• knight
• peasant

What is the name for the large estate of land a knight lived on?

• castle
• manor
• chivalry
• land

Who was responsible for farming the fields on a manor?

• knights
• peasants
• merchants
• nobles

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_____________ is a political/social system and _____________ is an economic system.

• Middle Ages…feudalism
• manorialism…feudalism
• feudalism…manorialism
• Roman Empire…feudalism

Which of the following groups DID NOT make up the social structure of feudalism?

• Knights
• King/Queen
• Middle class
• Serfs

Which of the following statements accurately describes feudalism?

• Under feudalism, kings gave land to nobles in exchange for their military service.
• Feudalism served to spread Christianity throughout Western Europe.
• Feudalism began as a way to protect those on pilgrimages to Jerusalem.
• The rise of feudalism marked the end of the Medieval Age.

In the system of feudalism, who farmed the land?

• monarchs
• serfs
• lords
• knights