Feudal Europe Review

Who owns all of the land in a kingdom under the system of Feudalism?

• Monarch (King)

• Serf/Peasant

• Lord/Noble

• A Knight

A system of local control developed into a method of organizing power and government:

• Kingdom

• Fief

• Feudalism

Which group is at the bottom of the Feudalism Pyramid?

• Serfs/Peasant

• Knights

• Monarch (King)

• Lord/Noble

A person who received protection and land from a lord in return for loyalty and service

• Vassal

• Noble

• Fief

• Papacy

a person of high rank by birth or title

• Noble

• Manor

• Bishop

• Serf/Peasant

a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.

• Hierarchy

• Fief

• Kingdom

• King

A large estate, often including farms and a village, ruled by a lord.

• Manor

• Lord

• Noble

• Vassal

a large piece of land and everything on it: forests, lakes, animals, fields, and even whole towns.

• Fief

• Papcy

• The Catholic Church

• Lord/Noble

The highest-ranking leader of a group of people

• King

• Hierarchy

• Feudalism

• Serf/Peasant

True or False: When the Western Roman Empire fell there was a lack of a strong central government in Europe

• True

• False, was not