A Serf and His Turf

What word means "poor farmer"?

• peasant

• knight

• lord

• estate

What was true about a serf?

• a poor person who had to work the land

• a rich person who owned land

• a young man who wanted to be a knight

• a poor person who belonged to a rich person

• lord

• king

• knight

• night

Most serfs worked on manor estates for a lord.

• animals

• large land

• hills

• people

• estate

• city

• state

• country

Many freedmen traded freedom for security of the feudal lord.

• safety

• names

• work

• shelter

Serfs could pass property to their children.

• what you own

• animals

• food

• money

There weren't many luxuries for serfs in the Middle Ages.

• expensive treats

• farms

• churches

• kinds of houses

The house of a serf was typically a simple wood frame.

• sometimes

• never

• always

• usually

There was just a hearth in the middle of the floor.

• part of a fireplace

• kind of roof

• mattress

• small table