Feudal and Manorial Systems Lesson Quiz

Who is at the top of the feudal system hierarchy?

• Lords

• Serfs

• Vassals

• Monarch

What is a fief?

• a piece of jewelry worn by knights to show their loyalty to their lord

• a medieval weapon used strictly by knights when defending their lord's honor

• a plot of land given to a knight or "vassal" in exchange for swearing loyalty and protection to the lord

• a title given to the serfs that were considered the lowest of the hierarchy of the manor

Who ultimately owned all of the land?

• Lords

• Vassals

• Monarchs

• Serfs

What was a manor?

• a small town where peasants lived

• the land and house where a knight lived and serfs were bound

• a castle for a lord to live in

• a large house that peasants would buy together and live in

how were serfs different from peasants?

• peasants were impoverished while serfs lived lavishly on the manor

• peasants were bound to a fief while serfs lived freely in villages

• serfs were bound to a fief while peasants lived freely in villages

• nothing, those are two words to say the same thing

why would a vassal leave the manor in the authority of someone else?

• the other person had more authority already

• vassals were frequently engaged in their duties to the lord

• it was written into feudal laws

• the other person had spare time and wanted to help out

What was the main difference between the feudal and manorial systems?

• feudalism had no hierarchy while manorial did

• the manorial system had no vassals while the feudal system did

• the manorial system was a possible use of land granted to a vassal while feudalism referred to the distribution of land within the societal hierarchy

• the manor was what the nearby village was called and feudalism gave fiefs to peasants

In the feudal system, all manors were:

• villages of free peasants

• on fiefs granted to vassals

• land a vassal had to protect in exchange for food from the lord

• owned by the serfs with vassals bound to the land

Why might a vassal be called to the service of the lord?

• to join celebrations and feasts

• provide entertainment

• serve a wide range of military and protection duties

• participate in religious ceremonies as a religious leader

What defined one's authority in feudalism?

• educational qualifications

• hierarchical rank

• number of family members

• land ownership and deeds