Feudalism

Most economic activities on this feudal manor were related to

• banking

• industry

• agriculture

• cultural diffusion

The illustration represents a society based on

• democratic ideals

• accumulated wealth in the form of gold

• social class determined by birth

• educational achievement

The illustration suggests that the European feudal system was

• designed to promote political and economic equality

• controlled by a powerful middle class

• intended to provide opportunities for social mobility

• supported by the labor of peasants

What turning point in Global History led to the development of the European feudal system?

• Hinduism being adopted by many European monarchs

• Mongol invasion of Western Europe

• the fall of the Roman Empire

• peasants rebelling and taking control of European kingdoms

A manor house was most similar to:

• A hotel
• A mansion
• A cathedral
• A cottage

Your mother and father are both serfs.  If you save your money and work hard, you will most likely become:

• A lord
• A knight
• A vassal
• A serf

Vassals would swear oaths of fealty to their lords.  What is the best synonym for "fealty?"

• Love
• Money
• Obedience
• War

Land was to the feudal system as ________ is to modern society.

• Money
• Real estate
• Education
• Politics

In 1100 C.E., England had a population of about 2 million people.  How many serfs lived in England back then?

• 850,000
• 1.1 million
• 1.35 million
• 1.8 million

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

• A knight who serves a lord for life

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