CLO History: Feudalism

Which of these groups was the largest in medieval society?

• Knights

• Nobility

• Clergy

• Peasants

What did the king give to the nobility in return for their loyalty?

• Weapons

• Money

• Land

• Food

What did most peasants do for work?

• Carpenters

• Soldiers

• Farmers

• Bakers

What type of peasants were not allowed to leave their land without the permission of their lord?

• Nobles

• Knights

• Villeins

• Freemen

Who was just below the king in the feudal system?

• Villeins

• Freemen

• Nobility

• Knights

Which group in the feudal system would fight, and raise an army, for the king?

• Knights

• Peasants

• Lords

• Villeins

What are freemen?

• Peasants who could move around and work on any land

• Peasants who could move around and work only on the King's land

• Peasants who were legally tied to a specific lord’s land

• Peasants who worked for free

How did William find out about the population of England and land ownership?

• The Domesday Book

• The Magna Carta

• The feudal system

• The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles

What was the name of the tax paid to the Church?

• Weregild

• Tithe

• Income Tax

• Duties

Who was at the top of the feudal system?

• The king

• Peasants

• Nobility

• Knights