WorksheetsThe Rise of Feudalism
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
The fall of Rome resulted in
the lack of a central government
the growth of a strong economy
the decline of Christianity
an end to attacks by barbarians
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
Under which system did landowning nobles govern and protect the people in return for services?
Feudalism
Mercantileism
Protectionism
Vassalism
Medieval knights followed rules called the code of
the king
the knight
chivalry
servitude
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
Europe was threatened by these three groups after the death of Charlemagne
Chinese, Africans, and Incas
Magyars, Muslims, and Vikings
The lords provided __________ for their peasants in return for __________.
protection / labor
fiefs / labor
labor / protection
land / fiefs
What made feudalism work was the idea of
chivalry
loyalty
fiefs
tallage
The Divine Rights of the Kings ...
a system of government in which power is based on land ownership
gave the monarch a power or right to rule from god.
Social class in the Middle Ages were determined by
birth
wealth
religion
education
