Medieval Manor

A manor was...

• the rules that everyone was supposed to follow

• the polite way to talk

• all the land owned by the local lord

• someone who worked in the fields

Who lived in the manor house?

• the lord

• the peasants

• the king

• the servants

Look at the manor house (labeled #1) and the peasants' houses (labeled #3). How do they compare?

• the manor house is closer to the fields than the peasants' houses

• the peasants' houses are smaller than the manor house

• the peasants' houses are more protected than the manor house

• the manor house has less space around it compared to the peasants' houses

The passage says that the village is mostly self-sufficient. What does that mean?

• The village trades with other villages for necessary survival.

• The village relies on gifts from the king to survive.

• The village lives at peace with neighboring villages.

• The village can make everything they need to survive.

What did a blacksmith do in the Middle Ages?

• metal work

• mining

• grinding grain

• baking

What was a glebe?

• a poorly constructed house

• an area of land farmed on behalf of the church

• woodland

• a peasant

Why did farmers in the Middle Ages leave fields fallow, or empty, at times?

• They didn't have enough people to farm all the land.

• They needed more land for houses.

• They realized that if you used the same land every year, you use up its nutrients.

• They didn't know how to farm effectively.

Looking at the map, which of the following was NOT a resource used by the people of this manor?

• woodland (for building and firewood)

• stream (for water & grinding grain)

• animals (for food & help with labor)

• ocean (for fishing & traveling by boat to other continents)