What Was Life Like in the Middle Ages?

The main goal of feudalism is...

• to make the kingdom self-sufficient by producing enough food to feed its people.

• to protect the land from invasion and provide the landowner an income.

• to give opportunity to those groups of people who wanted to become a noble.

• to create a social structure that divides the people into groups.

What is the main difference between feudalism and manorialism?

• Feudalism was based on creating a system for agriculture; manorialism was based on dividing the social classes.

• There is no difference between the two. After the 1400s, manorialism replaced feudalism.

• Feudalism allowed for social mobility; manorialism did not allow serfs and peasants to rise to aristocrats or nobility.

• Feudalism was based on the defense of the kingdom; manorialism was based on making the kingdom self-sufficient.

What was a consequence of monasteries during the Middle Ages?

• Society during this time looked to the monasteries as their leaders.

• Monks gained power because of their ability to read and write.

• Much of what we know about the Middle Ages is because of the writings of monks.

• They copied the sacred texts of all religions so they could preserve all religions.

How did feudalism impact the Middle Ages?

• Towns and cities emerged quickly.

• Serfs revolted often against the nobles.

• It encouraged a unified government for the first time.

• Lords and vassals shared their wealth, creating equality between social classes.

Charlemagne's Empire united Western Europe for the first time since...

• the fall of the Roman Empire.

• the fall of the Medici Empire.

• the fall of the Muslim Empire.

• the fall of the Byzantine Empire.

When Charlemagne conquered a group of people, he...

• killed all the men, women, and children so there would be no trace of them left.

• made their leaders advisors on his council, so he could work with them.

• required that they convert to Christianity.

• allowed them to keep their religion.

What is the significant, or important, about Charlemagne?

• He didn't want to grow his empire, but rather wanted to focus on strengthening the Empire.

• He believed in freedom of religion and allowed people to worship as they chose.

• He believed the Papacy was corrupted and refused to work with them.

• He was the first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

Under feudalism, peasants work...

• to gain independence from the nobles who oversaw their land.

• so that they could earn earn enough money to buy the land on which they lived.

• the chance they could move up the social hierarchy.

• for protection from invaders provided by the landlord or noble.

One of the roles of monasteries was to...

• preserve knowledge by translate, copy, and illustrate manuscripts.

• go into the cities and covert people to Christianity.

• feed starving people on the manors.

• serve as mediators between people and God.

The monks in the monasteries were some of the only people in the Middle Ages...

• who knew how to read and write.

• who had a direct connection to the king.

• who were considered Christians.

• who knew French.