Feudalism Review

What was feudalism?

• A government and social system that met everyone's basic needs.

• A powerful monarch in England.

• A high social class.

• A government where the people vote and make decisions.

What was the lowest social class in feudalism?

• slaves

• serfs

• plebeians

• farmers

What was the highest ranking social class in feudalism?

• serfs

• monarchs

• nobility

• shogun

What would knights have to do in order to get their basic needs met?

• swear an oath to the monarch to protect the kingdom

• swear an oath to the serfs to protect them in an attack

• swear an oath of loyalty to the lords to protect the manor

• steal from neighboring manors

What is a manor?

• A kingdom in medieval europe

• A large estate and property with many acres of land

• A building that housed the peasants

What does the word "fief" mean?

• land

• loyalty

• honor

• kingdom

Manors were self-sufficient. What does that mean?

• No one ever left the manor, including lords.

• Manors were their own kingdoms.

• Serfs were the only social class that lived in the manor.

• The manor had its own church, fields, village, blacksmith, etc., everything a person would need to live.

The nobility class is also called

• peasants

• lords/ ladies

• knights

• kings

True or False: serfs had to get permission from the lords to leave the manor.

• True

• False

This group attacked Europe and was a reason why feudalism developed in Europe.

• Mongols

• Chinese

• Japanese

• Vikings