Feudalism & Social Mobility Vocabulary

the ability for a person to move up or down through different social classes

• vassal

• social mobility

• hierarchy

• feudalism

the economic and political system of medieval Europe in which people exchanged loyalty and labor for a lord's protection

• American Dream

• fief

• feudalism

• social mobility

land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service

• knight

• vassal

• peasant

• fief

the idea that in the United States, any person can achieve success through hard work and determination

• feudalism

• hierarchy

• monarch

• American Dream

the warriors of Medieval Europe

• nobles

• peasants

• knights

• monarchs

the poorest class of Medieval Europe who had the freedom to move; most were farmers, though some could be bakers, blacksmiths, & carpenters

• peasant

• noble

• monarch

• knight

the leader of a kingdom, usually a king or queen

• feudalism

• serf

• monarch

• noble

a system of organization where people or things are ranked one above another according to status or authority

• social mobility

• feudalism

• American Dream

• hierarchy

a person under the feudal lord's protection who has pledged their loyalty

• vassal

• noble

• peasant

• knight

a member of Medieval Europe's upper class who ruled parts of a kingdom

• monarch

• fief

• vassal

• noble