Reviewer: Ch. 11 / Sec 1 ¨Feudalism Develops¨

What did Western Europe consist of after the fall of the Roman Empire?

• several city-states
• many small kingdoms
• several empires
• independent nation-states

What did Charlemagne accomplish?

• He forged an alliance with the Eastern Roman Empire.
• He launched a long period of peace in Europe.
• He overthrew the power of the pope.
• He united the Germanic kingdoms under one rule.

What did Pope Leo III do?

• made Charlemagne emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
• replaced monasteries across Europe with cathedrals
• united the German kingdoms with the Eastern Roman Empire
• used the Church’s wealth to defeat the Saxons

Where did the Anglo-Saxons settle and rule in the 400s?

• England
• France
• Germany
• Italy

What role did vassals play in feudal society?

• managed wealth and provided religious guidance
• paid taxes on land and pledged military service
• ruled in the king’s name and conducted trade
• worked the land and made tools and weapons

Which group made up the largest class of people under feudalism?

• clergy and lords
• merchants and artisans
• serfs and peasants
• vassals and knights

Who were knights?

• clergy who ran monasteries
• lords who ruled manors
• serfs who defended villages
• vassals who had a code of chivalry

What did Anglo-Saxons leave behind in Staffordshire, England?

• the ruins of a church
• a treasure horde
• the remains of a fort
• a burial mound

It is a self-contained world that belonged to a lord and provided security for his peasants.

• fortress
• castle
• village
• manor

Under feudalism, what group held the most power after the king?

• knights
• lords
• merchants
• vassals