Feudalism Review

What was the purpose of Magna Carta?

• to make the Church weaker
• to give the king more power
• to strengthen common law
• to protect the rights of nobles

What was one human activity that contributed to the spread of the bubonic plague?

• bathing too often
• trading with Asia
• eating rotten food
• keeping mice as pets

How did the plague increase the power of the common people?

• Sick people moved into the castles.
• It created a shortage of workers.
• Lords were more likely to die from it.
• Monarchs accused lords of spreading it.

One effect from the Bubonic plague on commoners was?

• People gained more trading partners.
• Europe became overcrowded.
• There were less peasants to work, so they gained more status.
• There were more people becoming Nobles.

Feudalism is a political and economic system. In the Middle Ages, it worked because it provided something that people needed. What did people need?

• Freedom
• Protection
• Rights
• Education

What was Europe like after the fall of the Roman Empire and the death of Charlemagne?

• peaceful and secure
• educated and innovative
• chaotic and disorderly
• empty and destroyed

The feudal hierarchy in order was:

• Monarch, Knights, Nobles, Peasants
• Nobles, Monarchs, Peasants, Knights
• Monarch, Nobles, Knights, Peasants
• Monarch, Nobles, Peasants, Knights

A person of high rank by birth or title is a... 

• noble.
• serf.
• manor.
• knight.

A grant of land given by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service is called...

• serf.
• heir.
• fief.
• manor.

Who raised crops and tended to the livestock? (this group also paid taxes to the lords).

• Knights
• Clergy
• Peasants
• Nobles