the political and social order that developed during the Middle Ages, when royal governments were no longer able to defend their subjects; nobles offered protection and land in return for service
feudalism
vassal
knight
fief
2. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
under feudalism, a man who served a lord in a military capacity
feudalism
vassal
knight
fief
3. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
under feudalism, a member of the heavily armored cavalry
feudalism
vassal
knight
fief
4. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
under feudalism, a grant of land made to a vassal; the vassal held political authority
feudalism
vassal
knight
fief
5. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
under feudalism, the unwritten rules that determined the relationship between a lord and his vassal
chivalry
carruca
manor
serf
feudal contract
6. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
in the Middle Ages, the ideal of civilized behavior that developed among the nobility; it was a code of ethics that knights were supposed to uphold
chivalry
carruca
manor
serf
feudal contract
7. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
a heavy, wheeled plow with an iron plowshare
chivalry
carruca
manor
serf
feudal contract
8. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
an agricultural estate run by a lord and worked by peasants
chivalry
carruca
manor
serf
feudal contract
9. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
in medieval Europe, a peasant legally bound to the land who had to provide labor services, pay rents, and be subject to the lord's contro
chivalry
carruca
manor
serf
feudal contract
10. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
an economic system based on money rather than barter
money economy
bourgeoisie
patricians
William of Normandy
11. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
the middle class, including merchants, industrialists, and professional people
money economy
bourgeoisie
patricians
William of Normandy
12. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
a wealthy, powerful landowner
money economy
bourgeoisie
patricians
William of Normandy
13. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
crowned king of England; combined Anglo-Saxon and Norman institutions to create a new England
money economy
bourgeoisie
patricians
William of Normandy
14. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
a uniform system of law that developed in England based on court decisions and on customs and usage rather than on written law codes; replaced law codes that varied from place to place
common law
Magna Carta
Parliament
manor
15. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
gave written recognition that feudal custom had recognized that the relationship b/n king & vassals was based on mutual rights & obligations
common law
Magna Carta
Parliament
manor
16. Multiple Choice
30 seconds
1 pt
13th century emerged; important development of representative government