Middle Ages Flashcards
What is Feudalism?
A system in the Middle Ages that helped keep social order.
What is a MANOR?
A large area of farmland controlled by a leader called a “lord”.
What is a Vassal?
A noble who controlled part of a major in exchange for service to a lord.
A SERF is
a peasant who was forced to farm a manor’s land in exchange for protection.
The _______________ were the period of time between the fall of Rome and the 1400s.
Middle Ages
The ___________ were a period of time when few Europeans could read or write.
Dark Ages
True or False? Charlemagne ruler of Franks built schools, wrote down laws, and spread Christianity
True
Pope declared him the “Holy ___________ ___________.”
Roman Emporer
True or False? Life in the Middle Ages was HARD and SHORT.
True
True or False: During the Middle Ages war, hunger, and disease were UNCOMMON.
False (the black death)
In the System of Feudalism, manors were controlled by lords, fiefs were controlled by vassals, and __________ worked the land.
Serfs
Who served the the lords in armor?
Knights
Under Feudalism, serfs farm the lord’s land in return for _________.
Protection
During the Middle Ages, kings gave lords land called _________.
Manors
