7th grade history

The land given to a knight in exchange for fighting for the nobles and king.

• Obligations/allegiances

• Manors

• Fief

• Vassal

A political system in which land was owned by kings or lords but held by vassals in return for their loyalty and service.

• Manorialism

• Chivalry

• Fief

• Feudalism

The people who provided food, services, and taxes when demanded.

• Peasants/Serfs

• Lords

• Squire

• Knights

Estates, or large land holdings of nobles in exchange for services to the king

• Charlemagne

• Manors

• Medieval

• Carolingian Empire

The lowest group in the feudal system.

• knights
• vassals
• serfs
• students

Caused by  rats carrying diseased fleas from infested trading ships and houses.

• Ebola
• Leprosy
• Black Death

Social structure of the Middle Ages

• Caste System
• Feudalism
• Manorism

What was the primary role of knights in the feudal system?

• To farm the land

• To provide military service

• To collect taxes

• To trade goods

Which term describes the economic system where peasants worked the land for lords in exchange for protection?

• Capitalism

• Feudalism

• Manorialism

• Socialism

Who were the individuals that pledged loyalty to a lord in exchange for land and protection?

• Knights

• Vassals

• Peasants

• Serfs