Feudalism and the Middle Ages

What did Western Europe consist of after the fall

of the Roman Empire?

• several city-states

• many small kingdoms

• several empires

• independent nation-states

Answer explanation

What did Charlemagne accomplish?

• He forged an alliance with the Eastern Roman

  Empire.

• He launched a long period of peace in Europe.

• He overthrew the power of the pope.

• He united the Germanic kingdoms under one rule.

Where did the Anglo-Saxons settle and rule in the

400s?

• England

• France

• Germany

• Italy

What role did vassals play in feudal society?

• managed wealth and provided religious guidance

• paid taxes on land and pledged military service

• ruled in the king’s name and conducted trade

• worked the land and made tools and weapons

Which group made up the largest class of people

under feudalism?

• clergy and lords

• merchants and artisans

• serfs and peasants

• vassals and knights

Feudal society was centered around what?

• code of chivalry

• manor system

• ongoing conflict

• religious devotion

A nobleman who received land from a king in medieval feudal society.

• king

• lord

• serf

• peasant

Answer explanation

Feudal Lords could be the King himself, the Barons or the Knights. Any of the top 3 tiers of the Feudal pyramid.

A political and social system in which a vassal receives protection from a lord in exchange for obedience and service

• vassal

• feudalism

• knight

• fief

A warrior in medieval Europe.

• lord

• king

• knight

• serf

Answer explanation

Knights often fought for the rights to pillage. They could become quite rich with the loot they gained from ransacking a city or town.

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A person, usually a lesser nobleman, who received land and protection from a feudal lord in exchange for obedience and service

• fief

• manor

• knight

• vassal

Answer explanation

The Lord held absolute power over the fief or manor including holding court and deciding punishments for crimes.

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