Medieval Society and Farming Quiz

What is a large estate that includes farmland, homes, and sometimes an entire village, controlled by a lord?

• Monastery

• Manor

• Feudalism

• Manorialism

Who is a noble that owns land and has power over the people living on it?

• Peasant

• Serf

• Lord

• Monk

What term describes a poor farmer who worked the land, often for a lord?

• Serf

• Peasant

• Monk

• Lord

Who is a type of peasant legally tied to a lord’s land and unable to leave without permission?

• Peasant

• Serf

• Monk

• Lord

What is the term for a political and social system based on loyalty and land ownership?

• Manorialism

• Feudalism

• Monastery

• Excommunication

What is an economic system where peasants worked the lord’s land in exchange for protection and a place to live?

• Feudalism

• Manorialism

• Monastery

• Tithe

What is a religious community where monks lived, worked, and prayed?

• Manor

• Monastery

• Feudalism

• Manorialism

Who is a man that dedicated his life to religion, often living in a monastery?

• Lord

• Peasant

• Monk

• Serf

What is a tax paid to the Church, usually one-tenth of a person's income or crops?

• Tithe

• Excommunication

• Manorialism

• Feudalism

What does it mean to be officially banned from the Church and its sacraments?

• Tithe

• Excommunication

• Manorialism

• Feudalism