World Civilizations

Question 1

Feudalism

Answer 1

Political, economic, and social system that developed during the Middle Ages when royal governments were no longer able to defend their subjects.

Question 2

Lord

Answer 2

Nobles who owned land

Gave land to vassals in return for military service

Question 3

Vassal

Answer 3

A man who served a lord in a military capacity
Received land (fief) for service

Question 4

Knight

Answer 4

Heavily armored cavalry
-Dont own land
-Tournaments/chivalry
Defend the church and defenseless people; treat captives as honored guests; treat aristocratic women with tenderness and respect

Question 5

Fief

Answer 5

Land granted to a vassal

Question 6

Feudal Contract

Answer 6

Unwritten rules that determined the relationship between a lord and his vassal (honorable relationship)

Question 7

Chivalry

Answer 7

Code of ethics that knights are supposed to follow.

Question 8

Manor

Answer 8

an agricultural estate run by a lord and by peasants

Question 9

Peasant

Answer 9

Lower class

Question 10

Serf

Answer 10

peasant legally bound to the land

by 800, 60% of people of western Europe are serfs