The Feudal System

Question 1

What form of social organisation ranks people according to status or power?

Answer 1

Hierarchy

Question 2

What did you call anyone below you in the feudal system?

Answer 2

Vassal

Question 3

Which rank came just below the king in the feudal system, and ruled land on his behalf?

Answer 3

Barons

Question 4

Roughly how many people of this rank existed in medieval England?

Answer 4

200

Question 5

What did this rank of people have to do for the king, in return for being granted land?

Answer 5

Fight

Question 6

What term describes a title that is passed through a family, from parents to their children?

Answer 6

Hereditary

Question 7

What pledge of loyalty would a vassal have to swear to their lord?

Answer 7

Fealty

Question 8

What rank, usually a farm labourer, was at the bottom of medieval society?

Answer 8

Peasant

Question 9

What vitally important book did William the Conqueror commission in 1086?

Answer 9

The Domesday Book

Question 10

For what primary purpose did William the Conqueror have this book written?

Answer 10

Taxation