Feudalism

What does this diagram illustrate?

• events that led to corruption in ancient Rome

• effects of the collapse of the Roman Empire

• patterns that develop when a government collects taxes

• causes of the fall of the Roman Empire

Feudalism arose in response to

• misplaced loyalties to kings

• internal division and external threats

• the weakening power of the Church

• a need for a more chivalrous society

In England, the feudal system was based on the

• giving of land in exchange for goods and services.
• giving of goods in exchange for goods and services.
• giving of money in exchange for goods and services.
• giving of military service in exchange for goods and services.

What is the name for a grant of land given to a vassal?

• vassalage

• fief

• feudal contract

• chivalry

Warriors who rode on horseback and served their lords were called

• knights

• Vikings

• chivalry

• vassals

What role did serfs have in the feudal system?

• gave homage and military service

• provided protection and food

• farmed the land and paid rent

• gave fief and military aid

Which of these describes the relationship between a lord and knight?

• The lord grants land, and the knight defends it.

• The lord provides food, and the knight protects the lord.

• The knight protects peasants, and the lord farms the land.

• The lord gives land, and the knight pays rent.

Knights received land from the ​ (a)   and in return provided ​ (b)   to him.

• protection
• loyalty
• taxes
• Noble
• protection and loyalty
• King
• Vassal
• Serf

True or false. A peasant needed permission from his/her landowner to leave the land.

• True
• False

The feudal hierarchy in order was...

1 = the highest level and 4 = the lowest level

• Peasants

• Knights

• Monarchs

• Nobles