Middle Ages

Which group made up the largest part of the population in feudal society?

•    Nobles
•    The king
•  Knights
•  Peasants

Which is a characteristic of feudal society?

•  Rapid social change
•    High literacy rates
•    Factory system and the industrial based economy
•    Rigid social class structure, social hierarchy

In European feudal society, an individual's social status was generally determined by...

•  Birth
•      Education and training
•      Marriage
•      Individual abilities

Europe became a feudal society because...

• the rarity of cash required land to be used as a payment for services.
• Europeans needed to defend themselves against constant raids and invasions.
• overpopulation required that a more efficient agricultural system be developed.
• skilled craftspeople had emerged as farming techniques improved.

Which answer choice shows the order of Feudal Society from highest to lowest?

• peasants, knights, nobles, king
• king, nobles, knights, peasants
• knights, king, peasants, serfs
• merchants, knights, commoners, serfs

A land owner in the Middle Ages who is in charge of the people on his land and the lesser lords he gave land to.

• Lord

• Squire

• Page

• Fief

Upper class land owners

• Vassal

• Noble

• Serf

• Plebeian

A nobleman who was trained as a warrior and lived their life according to a code of chivalry

• Samurai

• Navy

• Vassal

• Knight

Lower class during the Middle Ages who worked on a manor in exchange for protection.

• Knight

• Noble

• Lord

• Peasant

A way to show levels of power

• Chivalry

• Manor

• Hierarchy

• Fiefdom