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Feudalism 1

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what year did Charlemagne die?

a)

748

b)

814

c)

1102

d)

1347

2.

After Charlemagne's death, why did Europe become unstable?

a)

Everyone was sad about the death of the emperor.

b)

There was an economic crisis.

c)

Invaders were attacking in lots of different places.

d)

Nobody was sure who would take the Emperor's place.

3.

After Charlemagne's death, Europe was once again...

a)

divided into many kingdoms

b)

at peace

c)

at war

d)

united

4.

Many kingdoms were at risk of invasion from the ...

a)

Romans and Persians

b)

Hungarians, Muslims and Normans

c)

Greeks, Vikings and Saxons

d)

Celts, Vandals and Huns

5.

An OVERLORD would give ______ to a VASSAL

a)

food and shelter

b)

land and protection

c)

legislation and judgement

d)

loyalty and money

6.

The land that an OVERLORD gave to their vassal was called ...

a)

a thief

b)

a feef

c)

a fief

d)

a freeth

7.

A VASSAL would give _______ in return for the FIEF.

a)

gold and silver

b)

food and drink

c)

political support and military protection

d)

presents

8.

The feudal system can be described as a ....

a)

cone

b)

box

c)

pyramid

d)

circle

9.

At the top of the feudal pyramid was the ...

a)

noblemen

b)

knights

c)

peasants

d)

king (monarch)

10.

At the bottom of the feudal pyramid were the ...

a)

knights

b)

peasants

c)

clergy

d)

nobles

11.

Nobles were divided into higher and lower nobles. Higher nobles were also known as...

a)

knights and lords

b)

peasants and serfs

c)

counts and dukes

d)

priests and abbots

12.

Lower nobles also has the same status as ...

a)

priests

b)

knights

c)

serfs

d)

kings

13.

A count or duke were vassals to the king, but they were (a)   to a knight or lower noble.

14.

A knight or lower noble could own a small (a)   (land)

15.

People who dedicated their lives to the church were called ...

a)

the clegy

b)

the cergly

c)

the clergy

d)

the cogley

16.

The higher clergy enjoyed...

a)

lots of food and drink

b)

lots of land and a high income (money)

c)

praying and singing

d)

more power than the king

17.

The lower clergy lived in ...

a)

castles

b)

churches

c)

poverty

d)

peace

18.

Peasants would ______ in exchange for a very small plot of land.

a)

do hard labor (work)

b)

pay money

c)

give military protection

d)

offer loyalty

19.

Peasants were at the ______ of the feudal pyramid.

a)

top

b)

upper middle

c)

lower middle

d)

bottom

20.

At first, the feudal system was good because it improved ______ in the kingdoms.

a)

art and culture

b)

safety and order

c)

the economy

d)

human rights

21.

Lords owed ___________ to the peasants who lived on their feifdom.

a)

food and water

b)

money and shelter

c)

loyalty and military aid

d)

protection and justice

22.

The lives of noblemen were centred around ...

a)

making money

b)

military action

c)

taking care of their children

d)

the home

23.

Peasants could be divided into 3 groups, the included ...

a)

serfs, villeins & craftsmen

b)

commoners, merchants & priests

c)

free people, knights, bishops

d)

merchants, serfs, dukes

24.

There were ______ craftspeople and merchants during the early period of feudalism.

a)

many

b)

not many

c)

quite a lot

d)

loads of

25.

Free peasants could do this but serfs could not.

a)

go to church

b)

leave the fiefdom

c)

work the land

d)

become knights

26.

What word describes something that is based on agriculture?

(a)  

27.

Another word for fief or fiefdom is m (a)  

28.

Why was there not much need for trade in a feudal society?

a)

because the manors were self-sufficient

b)

there were not enough people

c)

people did not have enough money

d)

the kings did not permit it

29.

What is the meaning of self-sufficient?

a)

to think you are better than everyone else

b)

to have lots of land

c)

to produce / make everything that you need

d)

to be very powerful

30.

The land surrounding a manor that was reserved only for the lord, was called...

a)

forest

b)

farmland

c)

demesne

d)

dependent holdings

31.

Dependent holdings were...

a)

where the peasants worked

b)

where the lord lived

c)

land that the lord rented to the free peasants

d)

farmland