Middle Ages Quiz Week 1

Time period after the fall of Rome but before the Renaissance

• excommunicate

• Middle Ages

• Franks

• Vikings

Germanic tribe

• Franks

• feudalism

• fief

• chivalry

great Frankish king

• King Clovis I

• Pepin the Short

• Charles Martel

• Charlemagne

Scandinavian pirates

• Muslims

• Jutes

• Angles

• Vikings

Land control by king

• Apprentice

• Manor

• serf

• vassal

Which role in the feudal system belongs to those peasant farm workers tied to the land?

• monarch

• serf

• knight

• lord

Which role in the feudal system belongs to the kings and queen who own the land?

• lord

• monarch

• serf

• knight

All of the following are true about the manor system in Europe except....

• it was the social system within feudalism 

• it was based around the manor (estate with farms, houses, a village, etc.) 

• self-sufficient with the lord in charge 

• lord collects taxes from serfs who work the land 

Within the feudal system, who were the low-ranking lords who received land in exchange for their loyalty? 

• vassals

• monarchs

• knights

• serfs

Within the feudal system, what were the names of the estates given to the vassals?

• mansions

• fiefs 

• peninsulas

• none of the above