Feudalism in Europe

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What is feudalism?

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A social and economic system in medieval Europe.

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Which social system was prevalent in medieval Europe?

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feudalism

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Who were the key participants in the feudal system? Options: presidents, lords, soldiers, workers; emperors, dukes, samurais, serfs; kings, barons, squires, slaves;

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monarch, nobles, knights, peasants

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What was the main purpose of feudalism?

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To establish a social and economic system based on land exchange for military service and protection.

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What were the obligations of a vassal in the feudal system? Options: Military service, homage, loyalty, and economic support; Payment of taxes, provision of food and shelter, and obedience to the lord; Maintenance of the castle, education of the lord's children, and administration of justice; Inheritance of land, protection of the serfs, and participation in religious ceremonies

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Military service, homage, loyalty, and economic support

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What were the obligations of a lord in the feudal system? Options: Managing trade and commerce, resolving disputes between vassals, overseeing agricultural production; Providing food and shelter to peasants, leading military campaigns, enforcing religious practices; Promoting education and culture, maintaining diplomatic relations, ensuring social welfare; Providing land and protection to vassals, collecting taxes and rents, maintaining law and order

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Providing land and protection to vassals, collecting taxes and rents, maintaining law and order

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What was the role of serfs in the feudal system?

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Serfs were peasants who worked for the lord in exchange for protection and the right to live on the land.

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How did feudalism contribute to the social structure of medieval Europe?

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Feudalism established a hierarchical class system based on land and military service.

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What were the advantages of feudalism? Options: Political stability, equality, technological advancement; Individual freedom, economic growth, cultural diversity; Centralized power, social mobility, efficient governance; Social order, protection, economic self-sufficiency

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Social order, protection, economic self-sufficiency

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What were the disadvantages of feudalism?

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Lack of social mobility, economic inefficiency, and concentration of power