Practice Quiz 15-2

the center of trade in northern Europe

• Flanders
• serf
• knight
• fief
• Venice

a warrior in armor who fought on horseback

• Flanders
• serf
• knight
• fief
• Venice

land granted to a vassal, or knight

• Flanders
• serf
• knight
• fief
• Venice

Italian city that was a major trading center

• Flanders
• serf
• knight
• fief
• Venice

a person who worked the lord’s land

• Flanders
• serf
• knight
• fief
• Venice

Under __________, landowning nobles governed and protected the people in return for services.

• feudalism
• vassalism
• manorialism
• protectionism

Two important farming inventions of the Middle Ages that made turning over soil faster were the horse collar and

• the windmill
• crop rotation
• the wheeled plow
• the village mill

Medieval knights followed rules called the code of

• the king
• servitude
• chivalry
• the brave knight

In medieval towns, the townspeople paid __________ to the lord in exchange for basic rights.

• taxes
• wages
• crops
• homage

Because the buildings were made of wood and closely spaced, medieval cities could be easily destroyed by

• flood
• fire
• earthquakes
• disease