Feudalism Quiz

In exchange for defending their land, nobles gave knights parcels of land known as?

• Fiefs

• Sharecropping

• land parcels

• state property

A knight who promised to support a noble in exchange for land was known as a?

• serf

• peasant

• vassal

• king

Feudalism reached Britain when this invader from Normandy conquered the English king?

• Charlemagne

• Napoleon

• William the Conqueror

The large estates owned by knights or lords were known as?

• White House

• Country Estates

• Manors

• Villas

These workers were tied to the land and couldn't leave without permission from their lord?

• Slave

• Indentured Servants

• Serfs

Feudalism arose because more people left towns and cities and settled in ?

• Suburban Areas

• Rural Areas

• Urban Areas

Feudalism eventually ended as a result of?

• Increased trade, leading to a rise in the population of cities and town.

• Camels ability to cross the Sahara desert.

• The plague.

• WIlliam the conqueror took over all of Europe

Feudalism was both an economic and a social system in Middle Ages Europe. In the United States today, are economic system is known as?

• Socialism

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Feudalism

One of the most powerful woman in Europe during the Middle Ages wielded great political power, her name was?

• Queen Elizabeth

• Eleanor of Equataine

• Cleopatra