WorksheetsFeudalism Reading Check
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 30mins
______ was the social hierarchy system that developed in medieval Europe.
Democracy
Feudalism
Empire
Caste System
What did vassals receive in the feudal system?
Fees from their lord
Protection from the King
Membership in the Church
Land, military and legal protection
How did vassals pay their lord?
In military service, produce or money
In goods from silk road trade
In service to the Church
In slave labor
The word feudalism is a combination of what two Latin words?
Land and Labor
Rent and Field
Fee and Fief
Owner and Worker
Who was at the top of the feudal pyramid?
Lords
Nobles
Vassals
The Monarch
What was the most common service needed by monarchs and lords from their vassals?
military service
trade service
farming service
educational service
What is scutage?
A knight's salary
Money paid by a vassal instead of military service
Taxes collected by lords
Tithes paid to the Church
Nobles with too much land often ____ parts of it to tenant vassals.
sold
gave away
sublet
farmed
When might a vassal owe a special fee to their lord?
When his eldest daughter is married
On a religious holiday
Before he goes on vacation
On a feast day
Who was at the bottom of the feudal pyramid?
Knights
Merchants
Farmers
Serfs and peasants
