Feudalism in Europe

A political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land

• Imperialism

• Communism

• Colonialism

• Feudalism

Business groups found in Europe and Japan that:

1. set standards for product quality

2. determined how many products would be sold

3. set prices

4. decided who would enter a trade

• Clans

• Guilds

• Vassals

• Lords

A noble that was given land by a higher ranking noble in return for service.

• Serf

• Knight

• Vassal

• Peasant

A code of honor (similar to Bushido) followed by knights that dictated how they should act.

• Chivalry

• Magna Carta

• Code of Knights

• Loyalty

King of the Franks (r. 768-814); emperor (r. 800-814). Through a series of military conquests he established the Carolingian Empire, which encompassed all of Gaul and parts of Germany and Italy. Illiterate, though started an intellectual revival.

• Charles

• Charlemagne

• Henry

• Octavian

People who were bound to the land and offered their servitude in return for protection from the lord.

• Slaves

• Peasants

• Artisans

• Serfs

Why were monasteries important?

• provided food and shelter

• preserved knowledge

• cared for the sick

• All of the above

How did Charlemagne show support for education?

• Built Oxford University

• Opened a school in his palace

• Created the teaching position

• Demanded all children attend school

Which explanation best describes why the new crop rotation system provided more food?

• More people could work the land at on time.

• It introduced fertilizers for better crops.

• It required better tools for netter results.

• Only one third of the land was unused.

Why did the kings begin to lose power like the shoguns of Japan?

• The nobles began to collect the taxes in place of the king, weakening his influence.

• The nobles changed the government to no longer have kings.

• The nobles rebelled and defeated the king in a civil war.

• The nobles were granted power by the king who grew tired of politics.