Feudalism

Europe became a feudal society because...

• the rarity of cash required land to be used as a payment for services.
• Europeans needed to defend themselves against constant raids and invasions.
• overpopulation required that a more efficient agricultural system be developed.
• skilled craftspeople had emerged as farming techniques improved.

What was the order of the hierarchy in European Feudalism?

• King, Knight, Noble, Peasant
• King, Noble, Knight, Peasant
• King, Noble, Peasant, Knight

What are the three parts of a manor?

• Village, Manor House, Church

• Castle, City, River

• Lords House, Lords Farms, Lords Bank

• Barns, Silos, Plows

Charlemagne became the leader of group when his father died?

• Franks

• Lambards

• Ostrogoth

• Muslims

Who worked on the manor and was "bonded" there?

• knights

• serfs

• lords

What two inventions increase the production of crops during the Middle Ages?

• irrigation and the push plow

• pesticides and fertilizers

• Ox-drawn plow, and Three-Field System

• Tractors and wheelbarrows

What is the reason why serf never where able to buy themselves out of bondage?

• Because they were not allowed to make money

• The lord would charge the serf rent for housing and farming, and tax them for everyday things like bread and the use of tools.

• because the lord would kill the father of the family making it harder to earn money.

• because the serfs had to go to war and fight for the king

What is a serf?

• workers who live on the land which they are Bonded to

• peasants

• one who serves the lord

• all of the above

During the Early Middle Ages, which group gained power by maintaining a system of protection, order, and stability?

• merchants

• monarchs

• nobles

• peasants

What did the Knight give to the lord?

• loyalty
• land
• money