What Was Life Like for a Peasant in the Middle Ages?

What Was Life Like for a Peasant in the Middle Ages?

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Passage

Social Studies

6th - 10th Grade

Hard

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Jim Praisewater

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5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What percentage of people were peasants in the Middle Ages?

85 out of 100

50 out of 100

70 out of 100

90 out of 100

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were the two main types of peasants in the Middle Ages?

Serfs and Freemen

Knights and Lords

Farmers and Blacksmiths

Kings and Queens

3.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the Middle Ages, peasants' houses were made of sticks woven together and covered in mud and clay. This construction method is called ___.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was a 'trial by ordeal' in the Middle Ages?

A method to determine guilt by physical trials

A type of farming technique

A festival celebrated by peasants

A way to build houses

5.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the Middle Ages, peasants had to work on the church's land for free because they believed ___ would punish them if they didn't.