Medieval Europe and Feudal Japan

Who was at the top of Medieval Europe's Feudal Structure

• A Pope

• A Monarch

• A Shogun

• A Emperor

In both Medieval Europe and Feudal Japan , the largest social population were...

• Peasants

• Ronin

• Knights

• Children

The Emperor of Japan had the ultimate power and was able to make any decision they wanted.

• True

• False

Peasants were able to...

• Move freely around at any point.

• Marry a princess to move up the social standings of the feudal system.

• Avoid paying taxes if they had a bad farming year.

• Loudly talk about how much they hated the king.

• None of these things.

Samurai was a name for untrained warriors who would wander the countryside in Europe.

• Incorrect, samurai were loyal to a Daimyo and stayed in one place to keep the order.

• Incorrect, wrong continent.

• Incorrect, samurai were very well trained.

• All of the options are incorrect.

The Feudal System in Europe was ranked (from top to bottom).

• Monarch, Lords and Bishops, Knights and Lesser Clergy, Peasants.

• Peasants, Knights and Lesser Clergy, Lords and Bishops, Monarch

• Monarch, Peasants, Lords and Bishops, Knights and Clergy

• No ranks, it was a utopia where everyone shared for the common good.

The Feudal System in Japan was ranked (from top to bottom).

• Artisans, Emperor, Ronin, Peasants, Samurai, Merchants, Shogun, Daimyo

• Merchants, Artisans, Peasants, Ronin, Samurai, Daimyo, Shogun, Emperor

• Emperor, Shogun, Daimyo, Samurai, Ronin, Peasants, Artisans, Merchants

• The Emperor just handed out ranks as they saw fit.

Japanese peasants in the feudal system had a major advantage, this was...

• They were allowed to move around.

• Japanese peasants were seen as essential, important members of society because they grew the food.

• They never had to pay taxes.

• The emperor would spend 5 days every 5 years as a peasant, so he understood what it was like outside his palace.

This is an example of...

• The Pope, riding into glorious battle

• A painting of a Japanese Samurai

• A photograph of a Japanese Samurai

• A knight on holiday

Why were merchants considered lower than peasants in Japanese feudal society?

• They were non essential.

• They were all untrustworthy.

• They couldn't make anything on their own.

• They spread diseases.