Feudalism

Question 1

What are peasants bound to a manor?

Answer 1

Serfs

Question 2

What is a formal course of study?

Answer 2

Curriculum

Question 3

What is another name for the lord’s estate?

Answer 3

Manor

Question 4

What is an unwritten agreement?

Answer 4

Feudal Contract

Question 5

What is another name for an estate?

Answer 5

Fief

Question 6

What are wandering poets?

Answer 6

Troubadours

Question 7

What is a loosely organized system of rule?

Answer 7

Feudalism

Question 8

What is another name for a lesser lord?

Answer 8

Vassal

Question 9

What is another word for secular?

Answer 9

Worldly

Question 10

What are the sacred rights of the church?

Answer 10

Sacraments

Question 11

What is church imposed denial of the sacred rights of the church?

Answer 11

Excommunication

Question 12

TRUE OR FALSE

Qualified candidates would start training for knighthood at the age of 9.

Answer 12

FALSE

Question 13

TRUE OR FALSE

Around 530, a monk named Leo organized the monastery of Monte Cassino.

Answer 13

FALSE

Question 14

TRUE OR FALSE

Chivalry required knights to be brave loyal and true to their land.

Answer 14

TRUE

Question 15

TRUE OR FALSE

In the 900’s the Church set up a special court called The Inquisition

Answer 15

FALSE

Question 16

TRUE OR FALSE

The purpose of the Inquisition was to try heretics.

Answer 16

TRUE

Question 17

TRUE OR FALSE

As feudal warfare decreased, trade decreased as well.

Answer 17

FALSE

Question 18

TRUE OR FALSE

Peasants received a week off from work on the Christmas and Easter holidays.

Answer 18

TRUE

Question 19

TRUE OR FALSE

The Church in the Middle Ages was a place for worship only.

Answer 19

FALSE

Question 20

TRUE OR FALSE

The Truce of God forbade fighting on Holydays.

Answer 20

FALSE

Question 21

TRUE OR FALSE

Feudalism was a political system based on these small local governments.

Answer 21

TRUE

Question 22

TRUE OR FALSE

Peasants & Townspeople made up 50% of the population.

Answer 22

FALSE

Question 23

The granting of a fief was called what?

A. Sublet
B. Passsing
C. Noble Grant
D. Investiture

Answer 23

D. Investiture

Question 24

Peasants paid the lord a fee when:

A. They Married
B. Inherited their father’s acres
C. Used the local mill to grind grain
D. All of the above

Answer 24

D. All of the above

Question 25

In the early 1200’s Francis of Assisi and Dominic set up orders of:

A. Exchequers
B. Friars
C. Tithes
D. Parterships

Answer 25

B. Friars

Question 26

Peasants were confined to:

A. 40 years of labor.
B. 50 years of labor.
C. 60 years of labor.
D. A lifetime of labor.

Answer 26

D. A lifetime of labor.

Question 27

Feudal warfare decreased in the:

A. 900’s
B. 1100’s
C. 1400’s
D. 700’s

Answer 27

B. 1100’s

Question 28

Vassals paid the lords an annual fee called:

A. Income
B. Relief
C. Tithe
D. Obligation

Answer 28

B. Relief

Question 29

The Treaty of Verdun was signed in:

A. 814
B. 840
C. 841
D. 843

Answer 29

D. 843

Question 30

The Feudal Contract existed between:

A. Kings and Lords.
B. Lords and Vassals.
C. Lords and Knights.
D. Vassals and Knights.

Answer 30

B. Lords and Vassals

Question 31

What is another name for sparsely populated, undeveloped land?

Answer 31

Frontier