Early middle ages (WH1 SOL)

What were the main role of serfs in the feudal system?

• soldiers

• laborers / workers

• explorers

• missionaries

Because emperors could not maintain power during the middle ages invasions--

• people turned to lords for protection
• lords freed the slaves
• serfs ended agreements with the lords
• people became slaves for work

• provide labor
• provided a fief
• provided military  service
• provided shelter

• Slaves
• Serf
• Lord
• Vassal

The Vassal gave ________ when the Lords gave them their fief

• food
• farmed the land
• military protection
• entertainment

The purpose of the castle (manor) was to-

• religion
• socializing
• farming
• protection

A fief is -

• a church
• land
• a castle
• farming

This was a Frankish King during the middle ages. The Pope crowned him

• Justinian
• Charlamagne
• William the Conqueror
• Ivan the Great

The Church preserving books /teaching in monasteries laid the foundations for-

• Artistic Achievements
• Bigger Church
• Universities
• Farming Techniques

What became the unifying force in western europe during the middle ages?

• The Church
• Emperors
• Trade
• Ivan the Great