2.2 Feudalism and the Rise of Towns

Match each term with the correct statement.

Flanders

• center of trade in northern Europe

• warrior in armor who fought on horseback

• land granted to a vassal, or knight

• Italian city that was a major trade center

• person who worked the lord's land

Match each term with the correct statement.

fief

• center of trade in northern Europe

• warrior in armor who fought on horseback

• land granted to a vassal, or knight

• Italian city that was a major trade center

• person who worked the lord's land

Match each term with the correct statement.

serf

• center of trade in northern Europe

• warrior in armor who fought on horseback

• land granted to a vassal, or knight

• Italian city that was a major trade center

• person who worked the lord's land

Match each term with the correct statement.

Venice

• center of trade in northern Europe

• warrior in armor who fought on horseback

• land granted to a vassal, or knight

• Italian city that was a major trade center

• person who worked the lord's land

Match each term with the correct statement.

knight

• center of trade in northern Europe

• warrior in armor who fought on horseback

• land granted to a vassal, or knight

• Italian city that was a major trade center

• person who worked the lord's land

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

• mercantilism

• vassalism

• protectionism

• feudalism

Two important farming inventions of the Middle Ages that made turning soil faster were the horse collar and

• the village mill

• crop rotation

• the wheeled plow

• the windmill

Medieval knights followed rules called the code of

• chivalry

• the king

• the knight

• servitude

What did Charlemagne give to people to persuade them to remain loyal to him?

• more money

• silk cloth and spices

• horses and weapons

• land grants and privileges

What were apprentices in craft guilds given in return for their work?

• gold coins

• goods to trade

• political positions

• room and board