European Feudalism

What is the primary characteristic of a feudal society?

• exchange for weapons
• exchange of religous services
• exchange of women for diplomatic marriages
• exchange of land for services

A _____ is a land grant given to a knight or peasant

• fief
• gift
• homage
• right

Feudalism is a political and economic system. In the Middle Ages, it worked because it provided something that people needed. What did people need?

• Freedom
• Protection
• Rights
• Education

A person of high rank by birth or title is a 

• Noble
• Serf
• Priest
• Knight

Who raised crops and tended to the livestock? (this group also paid taxes to the lords).

• Knights
• Monks
• Peasants
• Nobles

Who brought the idea of feudalism to England and used it to control a land he was not from?

• William the Conqueror
• King Henry IV
• Pope Gregory VII
• Charlemagne 

What contributed to the decline of Feudalism?

• The Hundred Years' War
• The Magna Carta
• The Black Death
• All are correct

A grant of land given by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service is called...

• Convent
• Monastery
• Fief
• Divine Right of King

A peasant who lived on a manor and served the lord

• fief
• clone
• serf
• grunt

A warrior in armor who fought on horse back

• knight
• storm trooper
• bounty hunter
• samurai