Middle Ages Practice

_____________ is a political and social order that developed during the Middle Ages when royal governments were no longer able to defend their subjects; nobles offered protection and land in return for service

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Feudalism

• Buddhism

Under feudalism, a man who served a lord in a military capacity was called a _______________.

• Lord

• Knight

• Vassal

• Sith

Which answer choice shows the order of Feudal Society from highest to lowest?

• peasants, knights, nobles, king
• king, nobles, knights, peasants
• knights, king, peasants, serfs
• merchants, knights, commoners, serfs

What is the name for the large estate of land a knight lived on?

• castle
• manor
• chivalry
• land

Who was responsible for farming the fields on a manor?

• knights
• peasants
• merchants
• nobles

A piece of land given from lord to a lesser lord.

• Vassal

• Royalty

• Kingdom

• Fief

A nobleman who was trained as a warrior and lived their live according to a code of chivalry

• Samurai

• Navy

• Vassal

• Knight

Europe became a feudal society because...

• the rarity of cash required land to be used as a payment for services.
• Europeans needed to defend themselves against constant raids and invasions.
• overpopulation required that a more efficient agricultural system be developed.
• skilled craftspeople had emerged as farming techniques improved.

The Middle Ages began after what event?

• Fall of Rome

• Renassaince

• Peloponesian War

• World War I

Who fought each other in the Crusades?

• The Eastern and Western Roman Empires
• The Romans and the Greeks
• The Europeans and the Egyptians
• Christians and Muslims