The Middle Ages

The lowest group in the feudal system.

• knights
• vassals
• serfs
• students

Which of the following statements accurately describes feudalism?

• Under feudalism, kings gave land to nobles in exchange for their military service.
• Feudalism served to spread Christianity throughout Western Europe.
• Feudalism began as a way to protect those on pilgrimages to Jerusalem.
• The rise of feudalism marked the end of the Medieval Age.

In the system of feudalism, who farmed the land?

• monarchs
• serfs
• lords
• knights

Which best describes the influence of the Church during the Middle Ages?

• A child from almost every family became a monk or nun in the Church
• The Church encouraged people of other religions to settle in Europe
• Church officials and kings worked separately to govern countries
• Daily life in villages and towns revolved around the Church

What made Europeans feel united together after the Roman Empire didn't anymore?

• Kings
• Christianity
• Alexander the Great
• Serfs

The land run by lords/ barons, worked by peasants & serfs, protected by the vassals

• feudalism

• manor

• neighborhood

• knighthood

A system based on bonds of land and loyalty between lords & vassals

• chivalry

• feudalism

• vassal

• crusades

Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire who wanted to united all kingdoms under the Christian religion.

• Charlemagne

• Charles Martel

• King John

• Saladin

Manorialism can best be described as

• the process of how a nobleman's son in the middle ages could become a knight
• the political relationships between the king or queen, the nobility, and the peasants
• the economic ties between the nobles and the peasants who worked on their lands
• the land given to monasteries by different governments as a show of loyalty to the Church

The political order under feudalism was dependent upon the relationship between lords and their vassals.  The responsibility of the vassal included

• the promise to spread the Christian faith to their lands
• an oath of loyalty and a pledge of military service
• an agreement to keep lower classes under control
• the payment of taxes to the king or queen of the country