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WorksheetsSpanish Social System #1
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What hierarchical system was in place before King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella assumed power in Spain?
Seigneurial system
Feudal system
Social system
Class system
Which order (class) grew after King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella replaced the feudal system with the seigneurial system?
The peasants
The nobility
The middle class
The knights
Who did the monarchy give land to in Spain in the 16th century, to use for operating self-sufficient estates?
The church
The merchants
The peasants
The nobles
Who gave the peasants land to live on and cultivate?
The nobles
The monarchy
The church
The merchants
What would the peasants not give to the nobles in exchange for the land they were provided?
Money
Their children
Goods
Services
What happened to a peasants land when they died?
The church received it.
The monarchy assumed control of the land.
The nobles would give it to a different peasant to cultivate.
Peasants could hand their land down to their sons.
The nobility were not allowed to...
(check all that apply)
increase taxes
collect goods and services
ask for money
withdraw the property
What percentage of the population were commoners?
10%
70%
90%
25%
What did the nobility disdain?
manual labor and commerce
the monarchy
professionals
artisans
The newly developed middle class consisted of ....
(check all that apply)
Professionals (doctors, lawyers, and clergy)
Independent merchants and shopkeepers
Herders and manual labourers
Artisans and traders
What role did the Catholic Priests not fill in early modern Spain?
Members of religious orders
Educators
Merchants
Religious leaders in local parishes
In early modern Spain, only males could...
Hold government positions.
Go to school.
Cultivate the land
Run a business
Although women were usually expected to get married and run the household, what other occupations were they able to pursue in early modern Spain?
Writer or artisan
Government positions
Doctor
Merchants
What options for education were provided in early modern Spain?
University studies for the sons of nobles.
Government funded public education.
Trade schools run by merchant and craft guilds.
Private lessons for the children of the nobility.
