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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat is feudalism?A political system where land is granted in return for loyalty, military service, and other servicesA political system where the king gives the people everything they wantA political system where the lords give their loyalty to knights so they will protect their manorsA political system where people pledge their loyalty to knights to the knights will not attack them
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is manorialism?A system based around self-sufficient farming estates, where the lord and the peasants lived off the land togetherA system where everyone is really polite to one anotherA system where people live in manor houses owned by the lordA system based off extensive trade, where each farm specializes in only one good or service
- 3. Multiple ChoiceSelf-Sufficient means:You have to rely on other people to get the things you needYou do not have to rely on other people to get the things you needYou feel really good about yourselfYou live completely on your own
- 4. Multiple ChoiceHow is manorialism connected to feudalism?Under the feudal system, lords are granted manors in exchange for loyalty to the king. Peasants and the lord live off the manor land together, though each have very different roles.Under the feudal system, knights are granted manors in exchange for their loyalty to the king. Each knight must then find a lord to help manage the manor and peasants to work his fields.Under the feudal system, towns of peasants are granted manors in exchange for loyalty to a lord. The peasants organize themselves on the manner and send ⅓ of their crops to the lord, who lives far away in a castle.Under the feudal system, the king runs and manages all manors in the kingdom. The king’s children are called lords, and they each get their own manor when they turn 18. Peasants pay rent to the lord, and in exchange, they can live on and work the land.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceIn a medieval manor house, how did a lord demonstrate their importance?By having elaborate hedgesBy displaying the bodies of his enemies outside the manor houseBy having an elaborate entry wayBy having peasants perform a special dance when visitors arrived
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat specific religion was followed in Medieval Europe?IslamRoman CatholicismProtestant ChristianityJudaism
- 7. Multiple ChoiceDescribe a typical peasant’s house.A multi-room cottage where several peasant families lived togetherA mud and straw house with a room for each member of the familyA one-room cottage with a straw bed and an area for a small fire for cooking and warmthA small brick house, not too different from the homes we live in today
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a tithe?The goods and services produced by a blacksmithA tax peasants paid to the lordAnother name for the armor worn by knightsA payment of money or goods to a church
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich pillar of Islam is a tithe?ZakatSawmHajjShahadah
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWho benefited from the glebe?The KingThe ChurchThe lordThe peasants
- 11. Multiple ChoiceHow does a water mill make work easier?It makes crops wet, which makes them easier to turn into flourIt provides resistance to plows so they don’t move too quicklyIt delivers water to the fallow field, so it is still well-watered and ready to plant regardless of how much rain has fallen that yearIt uses the power of running water to drive the blades of a wheel or turbine, which in turn rotates an axle that drives the mill's other machinery
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat does a blacksmith do?He works for the Church and listens to people who would like to confess their sinsHe works in iron metal to make horseshoes, weapons and repair armor.He works for the lord making medicine for the lord’s family if they get sickHe buries peasants who die while working in the fields
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the three-field system?A system where crops are rotated each planting season, which preserves the soil and allows for more efficient plantingA system where three fields are planted with the exact same crop in the same season, but all with a different crop the following seasonA system where the peasants are split into three teams. Each team is assigned a field and is competing against the other teams. At the end of the season, the team that has grown the most crops is allowed to keep the surplus.A system where the lord is entitled to the crops on only three fields on the manor, and the peasants are allowed to keep the crops on all the other fields
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a fallow field?A field where no crops are grown because it is left empty for animals to grazeA field where beans are grown for the seasonA field where wheat is grown for the seasonA field that is left empty for a growing season
- 15. Multiple ChoiceHow did the three field system create a surplus of food for the manor?It creates more of a crop than most people want to eat, leaving the leftovers as surplusWhen serfs are competing against each other, they work harder, and thus create a surplus of food.It allows serfs to work less in the fields, thus having more time to clear other land for plantingIt allows for more trade to happen between manors, resulting in a surplus of food for each manor
- 16. Multiple ChoiceName two uses for the woodland on the manor.Hiding from enemies and building housesFirewood and acorns for feeding to livestockShipbuilding and firewoodMaking weapons like slingshots and hunting
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a manor?Another name for a servant under feudalismA piece of land loaned to a vassal under feudalismAll land controlled/owned by the king under feudalismThe belief that God chooses the king
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a vassal?Another name for a servant under feudalismA piece of land loaned to a vassal under feudalismAll land controlled/owned by the king under feudalismThe belief that God chooses the king
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the Divine Right Theory?Another name for a servant under feudalismA piece of land loaned to a vassal under feudalismAll land controlled/owned by the king under feudalismThe belief that God chooses the king
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a fief?Another name for a servant under feudalismA piece of land loaned to a vassal under feudalismAll land controlled/owned by the king under feudalismThe belief that God chooses the king
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWho is a knight a vassal to?A lord, because a knight prepares and leads an army for the lord in exchange for a fief.A serf, because the serfs choose the knights to protect themThe king, gives the knights a paycheck each monthGod, because God protects the knights in battle
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWho is a serf a vassal to ?God, because serfs are required to go to ChurchOnly knights, because knights provide protection for serfsOnly lords, because the peasants provide crops to the lord in exchange for protectionBoth lords and knights, because the peasants provide food crops to each in return for protection and a place to live
- 23. Multiple ChoiceWho is a lord a vassal to?The King, because the lord pledges loyalty to the king and will send his knights to protect the king if he needs them in exchange for a fiefThe serfs because the lord has to keep the serfs happyKnights, because he has to pay them in cropsOther lords, because they might take over his manor
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWho is a king a vassal to?The serfs because they voted for himThe lords, because they voted for himThe knights, because they voted for himGod, because according to the Divine Right Theory, God chooses the king.
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