19-2 "Feudalism & the Rise of Towns"

Under feudalism, ____ governed and protected the people in return for services.

• serfs

• landowning nobles

The property granted to a vassal was known as a ____.

• fief

• monastery

Who lived in medieval castles?

• lords

• freemen

Two important improvements that made farming fields more efficient were the horse collar and ____.

• the wheeled plow

• paved roads

Why did trade improve in Europe during the 1100s and 1200s?

• most of Europe was ruled by one king

• the nobles had restored law and order

In medieval towns, townspeople together became strong enough to force nobles to grant them ____.

• basic rights

• wages and food

Because buildings were jammed close together and wood and coal fires were used for heat, medieval cities were ____.

• highly populated

• dirty and polluted

According to the rules of chivalry, a knight was expected to obey his lord and show bravery in battle.

• True
• False

Serfs paid nobles for the right to farm the land and had rights under the law.

• True
• False

A craft guild set prices that all its members had to charge.

• True
• False