Middle Ages

land owned by a king

• serf

• kingdom

• allegiance

• vassal

wealthy people in the Middle Ages

• peasants

• Knights

• nobles

• medieval

willing to die to protect someone else

• Feudal System

• King

• fief

• allegiance

a system for trading the use of land for loyalty

• democracy

• Feudal System

• allegiance

• Middle Ages

period of time between ancient times and modern times

• Middle Ages

• Modern Age

• Ancient Times

• Medieval Times

The top of the Feudal System

• Nobles

• King

• Serf

• Knight

The bottom of the Feudal System

• King

• Knight

• Peasant

• Serf

Which statement best describes how the feudal system worked?

• a system where people fought for their king

• a system where the use of land was traded for loyalty and work

• a system where goods were exchanged between farms

• a system where farmers worked to own a manor