Practice Test on Feudalism and the Rise of Towns

What was the primary duty of a medieval knight?

• To serve his lord in battle

• To manage the land

• To compete in tournaments

• To provide education

Under which system did landowning nobles govern and protect the people in return for services?

• feudalism

• mercantilism

• protectionism

• vassalism

An important farming invention of the Middle Ages that helped prepare the soil for planting was?

• the windmill

• crop rotation

• the plow

• the village mill

A Medieval farming community was called a

• palace

• manor

• colony

• hive

Medieval towns could best be described as?

• spotless

• hygienic

• smelly and unhealthy

• state of the art or modern

True or False: Medieval farmers used water mills and windmills to grind grain into flour

• true

• false

Social class in the Middle Ages was determined mainly by

• birth

• wealth

• religion

• education

Medieval towns were most often located near:

• rivers
• mountains
• deserts
• islands

Freemen....

• paid nobles for the right to farm land; worked only on their own land; had rights under the law.

• Could not own property, move, or marry without permission of the nobles

Serfs 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.