WH Study Guide

What is the name for the system of promises between lords and vassals that governed Europe in the Middle Ages?

• Christianity
• Feudalism
• Shinto
• Chivalry

What is the name for the large estate of land a knight lived on?

• castle
• manor
• chivalry
• land

In the system of feudalism, who farmed the land?

• monarchs
• serfs
• lords
• knights

What is feudalism?

• A political system where land is granted in return for loyalty, military service, and other services
• A political system where the king gives the people everything they want
• A political system where the lords give their loyalty to knights so they will protect their manors
• A political system where people pledge their loyalty to knights to the knights will not attack them

What is manorialism?

• A system based around self-sufficient farming estates, where the lord and the peasants lived off the land together
• A system where everyone is really polite to one another
• A system where people live in manor houses owned by the lord
• A system based off extensive trade, where each farm specializes in only one good or service

A medieval peasant legally bound to live on a lord’s estate.

• Peasant

• Serf

• Knight

• Fief

The political and social system of the Middle Ages was called

• socialism

• manorism

• feudalism

• democracy

People who lived and worked on the land owned by others were called

• monks

• nuns

• serfs

• lords

The Black Death killed nearly 38 million people, resulting in...

• severe economic consequences.

• a severe famine.

• the collapse of the caste system.

• the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire

The Bubonic Plague was responsible for the death of...

• nearly half the population of Europe.

• ten percent of the population of Europe.

• one fourth of the population of Europe.

• 75% of the population of Europe.