Feudalism

Question 1

Aristocrat

Answer 1

Upper-class nobility

Question 2

Feudal aid

Answer 2

Rights benefiting both lord and vassals. Vassals gave money at the marriage of the lord’s eldest daughter

Question 3

Feudalism

Answer 3

A system of cooperation among peoples which was basically an exchange of land for protection

Question 4

Fief

Answer 4

The land granted to the vassal

Question 5

Homage

Answer 5

A ceremony which bound the vassal’s physical protection for the lord of the manor

Question 6

Investiture

Answer 6

The vassal gives his allegiance and is given his rights to control the land but not have ownership of it

Question 7

Knighthood

Answer 7

Able-bodied men who are hired by the vassal for the protection of the lord

Question 8

Standing army

Answer 8

A group of soldiers ready to do battle

Question 9

Subinfeudation

Answer 9

Breaking down an already-smaller portion of land in exchange for services and protection

Question 10

Summons

Answer 10

A call to appear in court

Question 11

Vassal

Answer 11

A man who would give protection to the lord in exchange for land

Question 12

When did feudalism start?

Answer 12

Around 700 A.D.

Question 13

The strongest point of feudalism was from?

Answer 13

The tent century through the thirteenth centuries

Question 14

Feudalism ended in?

Answer 14

The 15th century

Question 15

Where did feudalism start?

Answer 15

Northern Europe

Question 16

Feudalism spread throughout Europe but was strongest in?

Answer 16

England

Question 17

The Middle Ages brought about?

Answer 17

The rise of a governmental system known as feudalism

Question 18

Feudalism was a highly _____ system of authority

Answer 18

Decentralized

Question 19

Feudalism was most successful in meeting the needs of?

Answer 19

Medieval period nobles

Question 20

Primary political authority rested in?

Answer 20

Dukedoms and baronies and established a political system which has never been conceived before

Question 21

What set a new course in styles of government?

Answer 21

Discipline, order, and a different type of currency

Question 22

Feudalism was a type of government in which no?

Answer 22

Coin currency would have to change hands

Question 23

An ___ would give ____ land in an agreement

Answer 23

Aristocrat, vassals

Question 24

An ____ ceremony followed the homage

Answer 24

Investiture

Question 25

A vassal was given the rights to?

Answer 25

Control the fief but not have ownership of it

Question 26

Anyone who lived in his fief would?

Answer 26

Pay the vassal taxes and be subject to court held by vassal if they break any rules; this could continue through family lines even after death of vassal

Question 27

If the lord was captured in battle?

Answer 27

The vassals were bound to provide ransom money for his release

Question 28

Lord must not ____ his vassals

Answer 28

Overtax

Question 29

Knights had a ____ history throughout the feudalism period

Answer 29

Valiant

Question 30

They grew to form an association of knighthood called?

Answer 30

Orders; these knights vowed loyalty to king and vassal for whom they fought

Question 31

Knights formed ____ organizations to defend lord’s land and property

Answer 31

Military

Question 32

Knights also took ___ vows to live as a ___

Answer 32

Religious, monk

Question 33

When a boy turned 7 he could become?

Answer 33

A page

Question 34

As a page, a boy would?

Answer 34

Join the household of a knight or a nobleman in his particular region

Question 35

A young page would receive training on?

Answer 35

Weaponry, etiquette, and the morals of knighthood

Question 36

As a squire?

Answer 36

He would personally serve the knight and undergo more intense training, becoming a ounted soldier who assisted knight in battle

Question 37

A boy becomes a squire in?

Answer 37

Mid teens

Question 38

The ceremony for knighthood would come from?

Answer 38

Another knight; he would dress squire in armor and dub him with a sword

Question 39

Squire training would continue for?

Answer 39

5 years until he was eligible for knighthood

Question 40

Knights were known for?

Answer 40

Intense loyalty for their lords and severe justice for the ungodly

Question 41

The court system in feudalism is still seen today?

Answer 41

Today we still carry idea of one presiding authority- a judge- and peers- jury

Question 42

A vassal would answer a summons or?

Answer 42

Lose his fief

Question 43

If vassals had disputes among one another?

Answer 43

The differences were brought to the lord’s court