Feudalism

Which feudal class had the most people?

• Monarchs
• Lords
• Knights
• Peasants

Based on the picture who was at the top of the Feudal Society?

• King
• Peasants
• Knights
• Nobles

True of false: Peasants could leave whenever they wanted

• True
• False

What is a serf?

• A noble who cannot leave the farm they were born on

• A peasant who cannot own property and must work a nobles land, kind of like a slave

• A knight who serves a lord for life

• A peasant who pays the noble to farm the noble's land

Which of these best defines feudalism?

• A political and economic arrangement in which a lord provides protection in exchange for loyalty and service.
• A hierarchy designed to ensure only kings are protected.
• A system of exchange where laborers work for wages in the form of money.
• A social order with kings at the top and knights at the bottom.

What was a fief?

• Any thing of value given to a vassal by a lord, especially land

• The currency of Medieval Europe

• The Medieval government

this leader of the Franks united Christian Europe and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor

• Caesar Augustus
• Charlemagne

The Middle Ages began when the.....

• Roman Empire fell
• Greeks were polytheistic
• Agricultural Revolution began
• the Reformation started

Europe was known as the Dark Ages because

• there was decline in trade, education, and culture

• Rome did not pay its electric bill

• There was constant darkness all the time and the sun never came out.

• Kings were not very smart

What did the lord give to the vassal?

• land
• money
• nothing
• the Divine Right of rule