Middle Ages Test Review

The roughly 1,000-year period after the fall of Rome is called the

• Middle Ages.

• Iron Age.

• Early Years.

• Pax Romana.

People who lived and worked on land owned by others were called

• serfs.
• kings.
• lords.
• monks.

Those who received pieces of land called fiefs were

• serfs.
• priests.
• nobles.
• vassals.

By 800, much of Western Europe was ruled by

• Martel.
• Charlemagne.
• Clovis.
• Pepin.

The political and social system of the Middle Ages was called

• manorism.
• democracy.
• feudalism.
• socialism.

A lord's home was the center of his

• monastery.
• fief.
• manor.
• guild.

The knight's code of honor was called

• fiefdom.
• chivalry.
• faith.
• knighthood.

A serf would most likely be found

• on a manor.
• in a castle.
• in a guild.
• in a town.

On behalf of lords, knights were often asked to

• fight.
• pray.
• farm.
• trade.

In towns, people with the same occupation often formed

• fiefs.
• monasteries.
• manors.
• guilds.