HW Middle Ages 1.2

After the end of Charlemagne's empire, kings in western Europe

• became more powerful

• became less powerful

• kept the same amount of power

• stopped existing

Under feudalism the power of the ____________ increased

• serfs

• peasants

• nobles

At the center of a noble's territory was a

• marketplace

• peninsula

• castle

• forum

Knights were a type of

• soldier

• artisan

• merchant

• peasant

The majority of people in the Middle Ages were

• peasants

• knights

• vassals

• lords

A lord was ______________________ a vassal

• more powerful than

• less powerful then

• as powerful as

• more powerful in some cases and in other cases less powerful than

Under feudalism serfs

• owned land

• farmed land

• served as knights

• served as lords

Nobles did all of the following EXCEPT

• create armies

• collect taxes

• enforce local law

• farm the land

A fief belonged to a

• lord

• vassal

• serf

• peasant

The code of chivalry applied to

• knights

• kings

• bishops

• nuns