Feudalsim

What is a fief?

• A warrior who fights on a horseback

• Land granted to a vassal for military service

• A lower noble

• Land the king grants to peasants

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

What is a knight?

• A higher noble who owns a large amount of land

• A lower noble who trains for war in tournaments and jousting

• A lower noble who refuses to fight

• A peasant who fights in the noble's army

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

• Feudalism

• Mercantileism

• Protectionism

• Vassalism

True or False: Medieval Europe was mostly ruled by a single King/Emperor

• True

• False

Which of the following BEST describes the life of a peasant?

• Filled with work year round, little money, and no chance for changing their social status

• Difficult but through hard work they could become knights or even higher nobles

• A few months of difficult work but most of the year was spent with their families

• Very harsh as they were bought and sold by different nobles

The Middle Ages began when the.....

• Roman Empire fell
• Greeks were polytheistic
• Agricultural Revolution began
• the Reformation started

The term feudalism is best defined as a

• Division of power between branches of government
• Holy war between Christians and Muslims
• Process in which goods are traded for other goods
• System in which land is exchanged for military service or loyalty

Europe was known as the Dark Ages because

• there was decline in trade, education,and culture

• Rome did not pay its electric bill

• There was constant darkness all the time and the sun never came out.

• Kings were not very smart

A person of high rank by birth or title is a 

• Noble
• Serf
• Priest
• Knight