WH Unit 1 Vocab Quiz: Feudalism & Absolute Monarchy

A landowner who granted land to vassals in return for service.

• Knights

• Vassal

• Serf

• Lord

A government system where one person holds total power, similar to absolute monarchy.

• Sovereignty

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

A person who received land from a lord in exchange for loyalty and military service.

• Feudalism

• Serf

• Vassal

• Sovereignty

The Russian czar who modernized Russia and strengthened the monarchy was:

(a)  

A piece of land granted by a lord to a vassal is called a:

(a)  

The Spanish king during Spain's golden age, who reinforced Catholicism and royal power, was:

(a)  

The extravagant palace built by Louis XIV, symbolizing absolute monarchy, is known as:

(a)  

A medieval social system based on land ownership and loyalty is called:

(a)  

Wealthy landowners in the feudal system who were loyal to the king and had power over the

people living on their land.

• Nobles

• Vassal

• Serf

• Feudalism

Match the following

• Divine Right of

  Kings

• A peasant bound to the lord's land, working in exchange

  for protection.

• Serf

• The 'Sun King' of France, known for centralizing power

  and building Versailles.

• Centralization

• The process of concentrating power under a single

  authority, usually the monarch.

• Louis XIV

• The belief that monarchs derive their authority from God,

  not from their subjects.

• Sovereignty

• Supreme power or authority, especially over a territory or

  people.