Beginning of Medieval Ages

Which is the correct order of the feudal hierarchy, from most powerful to least?

• noble, serf, monarch, knights

• monarch, noble, serf, knights

• monarch, noble, knight, peasants/serfs

• serf, knight, noble, monarch

Which event, more than any other, signified the beginning of the Medieval Ages?

• The collapse of the Roman Empire

• The development of towns

• The Bubonic plague

• The Crusades

A knight is expected to show loyalty to a lord by

• farming a plot of land

• collecting tolls and taxes

• arranging loans at no interest

• providing military service (protection)

Under the manorial system, nobles were required to provide peasants with which of the following?

• Food

• Protection

• Livable wage

• Education

The daily life for this social class revolved around raising crops and tending to livestock and other skilled work.

• Monarch

• Nobles

• Knights

• Peasants

What religion had the biggest influence on people in Europe during Medieval Times?

• Islam

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• polytheism

Medieval Ages mean the same thing as the Middle Ages.

• True

• False

• Sometimes

The land given to a knight in exchange for fighting for the nobles and king.

• Obligations/allegiances

• Manors

• Fief

• Vassal

A political system in which land was owned by kings or lords but held by vassals in return for their loyalty and service.

• Manorialism

• Chivalry

• Fief

• Feudalism

The people who provided food, services, and taxes when demanded.

• Peasants/Serfs

• Lords

• Squire

• Knights