Lesson 4 Study Guide

First, Last Name, Period

The leader of the Franks from 768 to 814 C.E.

• fief
• chivalry
• Charlemagne
• feudalism
• serf

The medieval knight’s code of ideal behavior, including bravery, loyalty, and respect for women

• fief
• chivalry
• Charlemagne
• feudalism
• serf

The economic and political system of medieval Europe in which people exchanged loyalty and labor for a lord's protection.

• fief
• chivalry
• Charlemagne
• feudalism
• serf

Land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service.

• fief
• chivalry
• Charlemagne
• feudalism
• serf

A peasant who could not leave the lord’s land on which he or she was born and worked.

• fief
• chivalry
• Charlemagne
• feudalism
• serf

After West Rome's collapse, western Europe lacked a central government.

• True
• False

The Franks grew powerful because of their new style of war that used knights on horseback.

• True
• False

Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the Holy Roman Emperor in return for food rations.

• True
• False

Charlemagne is most remembered for reuniting much of Europe.

• True
• False