Feudalism

The term feudalism is best defined as a

• Division of power between branches of government

• Holy war between Christians and Muslims

• The relationship between landlord and peasant

• System in which land is exchanged for military service or loyalty

What was a fief?

• Any thing of value given to a vassal by a lord, usually a land

• The currency of Medieval Europe

• The Medieval government

• A knight loyal to his king

A person of high rank by birth or title is a 

• Noble
• Serf
• Priest
• Knight

A vassal was

• a king
• anyone who got land or something of value from a lord
• anyone who gave land to a person
• a peasant or serf

What does this picture represent?

• A castle

• A village

• A manor

• Farmlands

All peasants were ‘tied’ (couldn’t leave without permission) to their lords’ property.

• True - all peasants were tied to their lord's property

• False - some peasants were free and some were serfs, only serfs were tied to their lord's property

Which of the following organizational structures is ordered correctly?

low power - - - → - - - high power

• serf → knight → noble → monarch

• serf → noble → knight → monarch

• knight → noble → serf → monarch

• serf → monarch → knight → noble

Manorialism is the economic system used during the middle ages in which peasants exchanged crops/money for protection.

• True

• False

Which one was NOT part of a so-called three-field crop rotation system?

• autumn sowing

• spring sowing

• fallow

• pastures

Which one was NOT one of the serf's usual obligations to his landlord?

• going to war as a knight

• paying a tax

• working on the lord's demesne

• giving a part of the produce to the lord