19.2

​​After the fall of Charlemagne's empire, kings lost power and power was transferred to

• the Pope and local bishops.

•    

  land-owning nobles.

• viking and Magyar invaders.

• ​the peasants and common people.

Under which system did landowning nobles govern and protect the people in return for services?

•    

  feudalism

• mercantilism

• protectionism

• vassalism

In the 700s, what new item did knights begin to use to ride horses in battle?

• swords

• lances

•    

  stirrups

• ​shields

Medieval knights followed rules called the code of

•    

  chivalry.

• the king.

• knighthood.

• servitude.

When nobles were away from their castles, who ran their estates?

• serfs

• vassals

• their friends and neighbors

•      

  their wives and daughters

Serfs were feudal peasants who

• were enslaved and forced to work on large estates.

• owned land and could hire laborers to work for them.

•    

  could not leave the manor, own property, or marry without approval

• worked part of the year on farms and part of the year in towns.

Peasants' homes were made of

•    

  wood and clay.

• brick and mortar.

• quarry stone and mud.

• animal hide and branches.

A lord proved his loyalty to a vassal by serving him in battle.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The rules of chivalry required all women to be respected.

• TRUE

• FALSE

​Knights trained for war by fighting each other in tournaments.

• TRUE

• FALSE