C14.S1 Feudalism and the Manor System

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT true of a serf?

Accepted Answer

He could not ever be free.

Question 2

How does the lord make the young man a knight?

Accepted Answer

by tapping him on the shoulder with a sword

Question 3

Manorialism was a system...

Accepted Answer

of economic and political life at the local level.

Question 4

Which of the following was NOT the job of a noblewoman?

Accepted Answer

Made the rules and acted like a judge.

Question 5

Knights and lords would protect the more powerful people loyal to them.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

Historians usually say that Ancient Times lasted until 500 AD, and Modern Times started in ____________.

Accepted Answer

1500 AD

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT true of peasants?

Accepted Answer

They could keep their harvest all to themselves.

Question 8

Under feudalism, land was owned by kings/lords, but held by...

Accepted Answer

vassals.

Question 9

A person who was a farm worker and who was considered part of the manor was a...

Accepted Answer

serf.

Question 10

The people who invaded Rome kept the Roman language and laws.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

The invading groups could NOT...

Accepted Answer

read.

Question 12

*Which of the following did NOT happen after the fall of the Roman Empire?

Accepted Answer

Rome kept its own languages and laws.

Question 13

*What did Charlemagne do to keep Western Europe united?

Accepted Answer

All answers are correct.

Question 14

A knight was expected to be loyal to whom?

Accepted Answer

the lord who knighted him.

Question 15

*Peasants were

Accepted Answer

All of the answers are correct.

Question 16

A share of land was called a fief.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

True/False In one big attack, the invaders destroyed Roman towns and cut off trade routes.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

*What did the lord present the squire with when he entered the castle?

Accepted Answer

All answers are correct.

Question 19

By about 500 AD, the Roman Empire had completely collapsed.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

After being a squire, you could become a...

Accepted Answer

knight

Question 21

What DID NOT happen after Charlemagne's death?

Accepted Answer

He was resurrected and did the Hokey Pokey.

Question 22

The Middle Ages lasted from...

Accepted Answer

500 AD - 1500 AD

Question 23

Which of the following was NOT a duty of a vassal?

Accepted Answer

Farmed the land.

Question 24

A man who received honor and land in exchange for a lord as a soldier was a...

Accepted Answer

knight.

Question 25

A knight in training should be...

Accepted Answer

loyal, brave and true.

Question 26

Charlemagne established...

Accepted Answer

schools.

Question 27

True/False The majority of the people of Medieval Europe were lords, ladies or knights.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

A manor is a large estate, often including farms and a village.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

The Middle Ages began when...

Accepted Answer

Rome collapsed.

Question 30

The word, "medieval", comes from what language, and means what?

Accepted Answer

Latin - middle ages

Question 31

What did the lord of the manor depend on?

Accepted Answer

Wealth the manor provided

Question 32

True/False The lord of the manor was the vassal of a king.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 33

After Charlemagne's death, his empire was divided by his _____ sons.

Accepted Answer

3

Question 34

Charlemagne conquered many small kingdoms ruled an empire that spread across most of ___________ Europe.

Accepted Answer

western

Question 35

The times of knights in shining armor, lords and ladies, castles and cathedrals were called the Middle Ages.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 36

One of the invading groups was the ________. They claimed Gaul, now France.

Accepted Answer

Franks

Question 37

Charlemagne's sons did what?

Accepted Answer

fought each other.

Question 38

What were the vikings skilled at?

Accepted Answer

sailing and being tough warriors

Question 39

Charlemagne reunited western Europe.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 40

The Romans spread Rome's culture, the Latin language and ________ across the continent.

Accepted Answer

Christianity

Question 41

What happened to a serf who escaped to a city and lived there for a yr and a day?

Accepted Answer

They became free.

Question 42

In medieval Europe, power belonged to those who...

Accepted Answer

controlled the land.

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