1.4 The Development of Feudalism in Western Europe

center of trade in northern Europe

• Flanders

• serf

• knight

• fief

• Venice

warrior in armor who fought on horseback

• Flanders

• serf

• knight

• fief

• Venice

land granted to a vassal, or knight

• Flanders

• serf

• knight

• fief

• Venice

Italian city that was a major trading center

• Flanders

• serf

• knight

• fief

• Venice

person who worked the lord’s land that is unable to leave.

• Flanders

• serf

• knight

• fief

• Venice

Under which system did landowning nobles govern and protect the people in

return for services?

• feudalism

• mercantilism

• protectionism

• vassalism

Two important farming inventions of the Middle Ages that made turning over

soil faster were the horse collar and

• the windmill.

• crop rotation.

• the wheeled plow.

• the village mill.

Medieval knights followed rules called the code of

• chivalry.

• the king.

• the knight.

• servitude.

Who were the only people in medieval towns who were considered citizens?

• elders

• males

• nobles

• serfs

What were apprentices in craft guilds given in return for their work?

• gold coins

• goods for trade

• political positions

• room and board