Dark Ages-Renaissance

The ___________________ caused economic and social instability by drastically reducing the workforce

• Black Death

• church

• Asia

• population

Lords provided land use and ______________________ to peasants

• communities

• protection

• military service

• population

Lords gave land to their vassals (knights) in exchange for ______________ (may have more than 1 answer)

• Christianity

• protection

• communities

• military service

As raids decreased economies saw major _______________ as a result of increased trade and technological advances during the later part of the Middle Ages.

• manor

• population

• Peasants

• growth

Trade routes were created connecting Europe and ___________

• church

• Black Death

• Asia

• protection

The __________________ controlled most aspects of daily life in Europe.

• Catholic Church

• Peasants

• population

• Serfs

____________________ paid for the use of their land by providing goods and services to the lord who owned the land

• population

• communities

• Serfs

• Peasants

the period of European history between the collapse of Rome and the Renaissance, lasting roughly from A.D. 500 to 1450. - 2 answers

• Medieval times

• Middle Ages

• Reformation

• Mongolian era

What is the definition of feudalism?

• a belief system based on the teachings of Confucius,

• The political and social system of the Middle Ages in Europe, in which lords gave land to vassals in exchange for service and loyalty.

• an economic system based on private ownership of economic resources and the use of those resources to make a profit.

• A political system in which a ruler has total power.

What are all 4 levels of the feudalism pyramid system.

• general, colonel, major, captain

• president, vice president, speaker, congressman

• pope, archbishop, bishop, priest

• King, church officials & nobles, knights, peasants