Middle Ages

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

• Feudalism

• Mercantileism

• Protectionism

• Vassalism

Which of these best defines feudalism?

• A political and economic arrangement in which a lord 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.

If you lived in the Middle Ages, your social class was determined by

• birth

• wealth

• religion

• education

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

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

• A lord

• A vassal

• A knight

• A serf

Who was at the top of the feudal pyramid?

• Lords

• Knights

• Monarch

• Serfs

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

• Love

• Obedience

• War

• Money

Based on the picture who was at the top of the Feudal Society?

• King
• Peasants
• Knights
• Nobles

Who was at the bottom of the feudal pyramid?

• Lords

• Knights

• Monarch

• Serfs

A person of high rank by birth or title is a 

• Noble
• Serf
• Priest
• Knight