Medieval Europe Vocabulary

What is the term for a social system in medieval Europe where land was granted in exchange for loyalty and service?

• Hierarchy

• Freeman

• Feudalism

• Monastery

What is the term for a system where people are ranked one above another according to their importance?

• Allegiance

• Serfs

• Hierarchy

• Manors

What is the term for a sworn loyalty or faithfulness to a person or cause?

• Freeman

• Journeyman

• Allegiance

• Sumptuary Laws

What were the pieces of land called that nobles or knights received in exchange for their loyalty and service in the feudal system?

• Manors

• Serfs

• Monastery

• Hierarchy

What term is used to describe a skilled worker who has completed an apprenticeship and is now considered a professional?

• Serfs

• Journeyman

• Freeman

• Allegiance

What were laws that regulated and restricted the wearing of certain clothes or insignia based on a person's social rank or status?

• Hierarchy

• Manors

• Sumptuary Laws

• Feudalism

What term refers to a community of monks living together, often in isolation from the rest of society?

• Journeyman

• Monastery

• Serfs

• Freeman

What is the term for peasants who were bound to the land and could not freely leave their lord's estate?

• Allegiance

• Hierarchy

• Sumptuary Laws

• Serfs