Middle Ages 2

True of false: Peasants could leave whenever they wanted

• True
• False

What does this picture represent?

• A castle
• Rivers
• A manor
• Farms

What is a fief?

• land given to Vassals/Knights in exchange for loyalty

• Celebration ceremony when a squire becomes a knight

• A disease that killed many peasants during the Medieval Ages

• The siege weaponry used to storm castles

What did the lord give to the vassal?

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

Who technically owned all of the land in the Kingdom?

• The King

• Vassals

• Peasants

• Knights

Which of these best defines feudalism?

• A political arrangement in which a vassal 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.

Chivalry was

• a code of honor practiced by samurai
• a code of honor practiced by knights
• the right of kings to rule
• the right of serfs to be free

Manorialism is the economic system used during the middle ages in which peasants exchanged crops/money for protection.

• True

• False

In Western Europe, Feudalism developed as a result from

• the plague spreading, killing half the population

• the power and influence of the church

• repeated invasions from outside forces forced people to seek protection

• the creation of Justinian's Law Code

Which feudal class did the majority of the population belong to?

• Monarchs

• Lords

• Knights

• Peasants