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Quiz on Feudalism

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is feudalism?

a)

A modern economic system

b)

A system of social, economic, and political organization from the Middle Ages

c)

A type of government in ancient Greece

d)

A form of democracy

2.

During which centuries did feudalism prevail in Western Europe?

a)

1st to 5th centuries

b)

5th to 15th centuries

c)

10th to 20th centuries

d)

15th to 20th centuries

3.

Which events contributed to the destabilization of feudalism?

a)

The Renaissance and the Enlightenment

b)

The Crusades, the bubonic plague, and the Hundred Years' War

c)

The Industrial Revolution and World War I

d)

The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars

4.

What was the role of the fief in feudalism?

a)

It was a type of currency

b)

It was a self-sufficient and hereditary land or acquired through donation or wars

c)

It was a form of entertainment

d)

It was a religious artifact

5.

Who typically owned the fief in the feudal system?

a)

Merchants

b)

Peasants

c)

Nobles or clergy

d)

Soldiers

6.

What was the main reason for the centralization of royal power during the feudal crisis?

a)

The invention of the printing press

b)

The rise of democracy

c)

The destabilization of feudalism

d)

The discovery of new lands

7.

What was the role of the nobility in feudal society?

a)

Engaging in manual labor

b)

Governing and providing military service

c)

Conducting religious ceremonies

d)

Trading goods and services

8.

What was the role of the free workers, or vilões, in feudal society?

a)

They were bound to the land like serfs

b)

They offered services to various lords in exchange for shelter, food, and protection

c)

They were part of the nobility

d)

They were religious leaders

9.

What was the main reason for the decline of feudalism?

a)

Strengthening of commercial relations leading to mercantilism

b)

Increase in religious influence

c)

Rise of nomadic tribes

d)

Development of new agricultural techniques

10.

Who were the owners of the feudos in the feudal system?

a)

The clergy

b)

The commoners

c)

The feudal lords

d)

The merchants

11.

What was the corveia?

a)

A tax for using mills

b)

A free labor service on the lord's land

c)

An individual tax

d)

A marriage tax

12.

What did the talha consist of?

a)

Payment for using ovens

b)

Delivery of part of the production to the lord

c)

An individual tax

d)

A marriage tax

13.

What was the capitação?

a)

A tax for using mills

b)

A free labor service

c)

An individual tax

d)

A marriage tax

14.

What was rare in the feudo regarding animal consumption?

a)

Eating chicken

b)

Eating beef

c)

Eating pork

d)

Eating fish

15.

Who was considered the suzerain of the suzerains?

a)

The king

b)

The pope

c)

The noble

d)

The merchant

16.

Which class was considered the lowest in the Europe feudal system?

a)

Knights

b)

Lords

c)

Serfs/Peasants

17.

What was the lowest class in Europe?

a)

Peasants

b)

Knights

c)

Lords

d)

Merchants

18.

Who lived in the castle and owned the manor?

a)

Peasants

b)

Lords

c)

Knights

19.
Who was responsible for farming the fields on a manor?
a)
knights
b)
peasants
c)

lords

20.

What is feudalism?

a)

Feudalism is when people give services in exchange for land

b)

Feudalism is when higher ranks people torture peasants

c)

Feudalism is when peasants work for higher rank and get rewarded in return

d)

Feudalism is when peasants work for higher rank and get a low salary

21.

Who promised to support the monarchs with knights?

a)

Monarch

b)

Lords and Nobles

c)

Knights

d)

Serfs

22.

Able to supply one's own needs is called

a)

efficient

b)

self-sufficient

23.
Who is a knight a vassal to?
a)
A lord, because a knight prepares and leads an army for the lord in exchange for a fief.
b)
A serf, because the serfs choose the knights to protect them
c)
The king, gives the knights a paycheck each month
d)
God, because God protects the knights in battle
24.
Who is a lord a vassal to?
a)
The King, because the lord pledges loyalty to the king and will send his knights to protect the king if he needs them in exchange for a fief
b)
The serfs because the lord has to keep the serfs happy
c)
Knights, because he has to pay them in crops
d)
Other lords, because they might take over his manor
25.

Which 2 words best describe the goal of manorialism?

a)

Social order

b)

Economic growth

c)

Self sufficiency

d)

Government control