Middle Ages

Who created feudalism

• Franks

• Spanish

• Italiains

• French

What is a fief?

• Car

• Weapon

• Land

• Money

The Viking, Magyar, and Muslim invasions of Europe directly caused the development of the 

• Feudal System

• Manor System

• Code of Arms

• Untitled Territory Mandate

Why were the Crusades fought?

• to bring the eastern bishops back under the pope's control.

• to unite the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.

• to protect European territory from invading Muslims. 

• to gain control of Palestine, the Holy Land.

Which of the following is the correct order of the feudal society from top to bottom?

• nobles, peasants, knights, serfs, kings

• serfs, kings, knights, peasants, nobles 

• kings, nobles, knights, peasants, serfs

• knights, peasants, serfs, kings, nobles.

Match the following

• A period of time that lasted from about 500 to 1500 in Europe

• Knights

• A community of Monks

• Middle Ages

• Warriors who fought on horseback

• Vassal

• Another name for Middle Ages

• Medieval Period

• A knight who promised to support a lord in exchange for land

• Monastery

In return for farming knights' land, peasants had to 

• Give Knights weapons

• Give Knights money

• Give Knights food

• Care for Knights kids

The system of promises that governed lords and vassals is known as 

• obligations

• fief

• feudalism

• manorialism

Match the following

• Fief

• System of obligations that governed the relationships between lords and vassals

• Serfs

• A large estate owned by a knight or lord

• Monk

• A religious man who lived apart from society in a isolated community

• Manor

• An estate of land given to knights

• Feudalism

• A worker in Medieval Europe who was tied to the land on which they lived

The power of nobles in Medieval Europe grew because 

• The peasants revolted.

• Few people had money in the Middle Ages so nobles took advantage of them.

• The kings' armies were too slow to defend against invaders so nobles had to protect their own lands.

• Many kings suffered from a strange illness.