CH. 21 MIDDLE AGES STUDY GUIDE

What role did vassals play in feudal society?

• Paid taxes and pledged military service

• Owned all the land and made the laws

• Worked the land as peasants

• Served as religious leaders

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

• Serfs and Peasants

• Nobles

• Knights

• Clergy

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

• Lords

• Peasants

• Serfs

• Merchants

Describe what a Knight was.

• Vassals of the lords who lived by a strict code of chivalry

• Peasants who worked the land for the lords

• Merchants who traded goods across Europe

• Members of the clergy who led religious services

Feudal society was centered around what?

• The manor system

• The industrial revolution

• The stock market

• The democratic assembly

Describe the manor system.

• A self contained world run by a lord. Peasants and serfs worked the land

• A democratic government where everyone votes on laws

• A system where merchants controlled all the land

• A religious community led by monks

What did the Manor system provide for Feudalism?

• to provide the lord, priest, peasants and serfs with everything they needed

• to establish a centralized government

• to promote trade between kingdoms

• to encourage urbanization

What did the Magna Carta do?

• Made kings subject to the rule of law

• Gave women the right to vote

• Established the United Nations

• Abolished slavery in England

What major step toward democratic government occurred under English king Edward I?

• Assembled the First Parliament

• Issued the Magna Carta

• Abolished the monarchy

• Established trial by jury

Why type of parliament did Edward I assemble?

• An representative parliament made up of knights and town residents to make laws

• A council of only nobles and clergy

• A gathering of merchants and craftsmen

• A meeting of royal family members only