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Peasants and Manorialism

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Paid to protect the lord and serfs.

a)

fief

b)

knights

c)

chivalry

d)

vikings

2.

grant of land to a vassal

a)

chivalry

b)

feudalism

c)

Vikings

d)

fief

3.

Who should be placed at the top of the feudal pyramid?

a)

Church

b)

Noble

c)

King

d)

Knight

4.

These were the people at the bottom of the feudal pyramid.

a)

townspeople

b)

peasants

c)

serfs

d)

lords

5.

agricultural estate that a lord ran and peasants worked

a)

manor

b)

carruca

c)

serfs

d)

patrician

6.

peasant legally bound to the land who had to provide labor services, pay rents, and be subject to the lord's control

a)

serfs

b)

bourgeoisie

c)

manor

d)

patrician

7.

What did the very poorest peasants live in?

a)

castles

b)

tents

c)

thatched houses

d)

mud huts

8.

This is an economic system based on granting of land to Lords and or looking for protection from a powerful Lord and working his land.

a)

Archaic System

b)

Pyramid Schism

c)

Feudal System

d)

Manorial System

9.

Which event, more than any other, signified the beginning of the Medieval Ages?

a)

The fall of the Roman Empire

b)

The development of towns

c)

The Bubonic plague

d)

The Crusades

10.

A knight is expected to show loyalty to a lord by

a)

farming a plot of land

b)

collecting tolls and taxes

c)

arranging loans at no interest

d)

providing military service (protection)

11.

The daily life for this social class revolved around raising crops and tending to livestock and other skilled work.

a)

Monarch

b)

Nobles

c)

Knights

d)

Peasants

12.

What had the biggest influence on people in Europe during the Medieval Ages?

a)

Islam

b)

A strong government

c)

The Church

d)

Trade

13.

The lowest group in the feudal system.

a)

knights

b)

vassals

c)

peasants/serfs

d)

students

14.
In the system of feudalism, who farmed the land?
a)
monarchs
b)
serfs
c)
lords
d)
knights
15.

What was the main unifying force of medieval Western Europe?

a)

Government

b)

Church

c)

Military

16.

True or False: Western Europeans believed in their religion that sacraments of the Church were essential to make it to Heaven.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Who really held political power in Fuedalistic Western Europe?

a)

The King

b)

The Church

c)

The Lords

d)

The Peasants

18.

Lord's castle, church, mill, workshops, Peasant homes: These are all things you might find on a:

a)

Feudal Manor

b)

Farm

c)

Community Agora

d)

City Square

19.

True or False: If a Peasant worked very hard one day they could earn the right of being a knight.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

What jobs did the peasants have?

a)

Farming

b)

Threshing

c)

Laborer

d)

All of the above

21.

What do peasants rarely eat?

a)

Fruits

b)

Meat

c)

Vegetables

d)

Bread

22.

Were peasants upper, middle, or lower class?

a)

Upper class

b)

Middle class

c)

Lower class

d)

Below lower class

23.

Peasants are higher up in the social pyramid than the lords.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Peasants are the same as serfs.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Peasants are lower than the serfs in the social system.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

The peasants were

a)

Rich

b)

Poor

27.

The peasants were important to the feudal system because

a)

they were slaves

b)

they farm the land

c)

they can sew

d)

All of the above

28.

what is the percentage of peasants in the population?

a)

30%

b)

50%

c)

85%

d)

70%

29.

What is the term for leaving a field unplanted?

a)

tithe

b)

vassal

c)

mill

d)

fallow

30.

Why did peasants use the 3 field system?

a)

to not deplete the soil of nutrients

b)

because certain crops needed special soil

c)

to keep the crops from cross pollinating

d)

because some crops were poisonous