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WorksheetsFeudalism
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is a fief?
A warrior who fights on a horseback
Land granted to a vassal for military service
A lower noble
Land the king grants to peasants
What is a serf?
A noble who cannot leave the farm they were born on
A peasant who cannot own property and must work a nobles land
A knight who serves a lord for life
A peasant who pays the noble to farm the noble's land
What is a knight?
A higher noble who owns a large amount of land
A lower noble who trains for war in tournaments and jousting
A lower noble who refuses to fight
A peasant who fights in the noble's army
Under which system did landowning nobles govern and protect the people in return for services?
Feudalism
Mercantileism
Protectionism
Vassalism
Which of these were important inventions in farming in the Middle Ages? CHECK ALL THAT APPLY
Crop rotation
Wheeled plow and horse collar
Bladed plow
Bug resistant crops
Medieval knights followed rules called the code of
the king
the knight
chivalry
servitude
Charles Martel gave land to nobles because he needed to raise an army to fight against who?
Muslims
Vikings
Nomads
Byzantines
True or False: Medieval Europe was mostly ruled by a single King/Emperor
True
False
Medieval castle's moats were all of the following EXCEPT
A defense so attackers could not easily get next to the walls
A place to take baths in during times of peace
A way to help the archers easily hit the enemy from the walls
A man-made ditch filled with water
Which of the following BEST describes the life of a peasant?
Filled with work year round, little money, and no chance for changing their social status
Difficult but through hard work they could become knights or even higher nobles
A few months of difficult work but most of the year was spent with their families
Very harsh as they were bought and sold by different nobles
What is a concordat?
A code that knights live by
An agreement between the pope and a ruler
Land granted to a vassal
A person who goes out to teach a religion
What is a fjord?
An agreement between the pope and a ruler
A narrow inlet of the sea
A sea next to the Viking home
A leader of the Vikings
True or False: Most of the land in Europe lies within 300 miles of the sea.
True
False
What helped create a new middle class in medieval Europe?
The rise of trade
The rise of feudalism
The new king Charlmagne
The code of chivalry
What is a guild?
Business groups for each craft
A group of knights that fought for the king
A peasant who cannot leave the farm they were born on
A group of traders controlled by the king
