Vocabulary
Social Classes
Section 2.2
Section 2.4 and 2.5
Section 2.6 and 2.7
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A large estate, including farmland and villages, held by a lord
What is a manor
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This group was in charge during the Middle Ages and were expected to keep order and provide protection for their vassals
What is the monarch or King/Queen
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To protect themselves and their property from attack, the people of Europe developed a system called
What is feudalism
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What responsibilities did monarchs have in the feudal system
What is keep order and supply protection for their vassels
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What responsibilities did peasants have in the feudal system?
What is worked at raising crops and tending livestock. Some worked as carpenters, shoemakers, and blacksmiths. They also paid taxes to lords
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An economic and political system where a King rules and gives land to lords who are in charge of serfs who work the land
What is Feudalism
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This group were soldiers who protected their lord and King
What is a Knight
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Who was Charlemagne?
What is a king of the Franks who ruled for over 40 years.
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What responsibilities did Lords have in the feudal system?
What is managing and defending their manors and acting as judges. They also fought in times of war and supplied soldiers for the king.
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What responsibilities did knights have in the feudal system?
What is be loyal to their church and lord, to be fair and to protect the helpless
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The belief that God gives monarchs the right to rule
What is divine right of kings
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This group was responsible for managing their manors and received land in exchange for pledging loyalty to the monarch
What is a lord
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How was Charlemagne helped by the Catholic Church?
What is Pope Leo III gave him the blessing of the church and crowned him Holy Roman Emperor in 800 C.E.
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What was the role of noblewomen in the feudal system?
What is raising and training their children and running their households
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What was the code of chivalry?
What is set of rules and behavior that all knights were expected to live by
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A system of organizing people into ranks, with those of higher rank having more power and privileges
What is hierarchy
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This group worked on a lord's manor and were not allowed to leave without permission
What is a serf
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Name one of Charlemagne's greatest accomplishments
What is unified nearly all the Christian lands of Europe into a single empire
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What was one of the functions of a castle?
What is a home and to provide protection for those who lived in them
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How were the lives of male and female peasants different?
What is in addition to working in the fields, female peasants had to care for their families and homes
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The medieval knight's code of ideal behavior, including bravery, loyalty, and respect for women
What is chivalry
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Draw a diagram showing how the different groups/social classes in Feudal society are related to each other (Hint: Remember the graphic organizer in your textbook)
What is Monarch, Lords, Knights, Serfs
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Why was there a need for order after the death of Charlemagne in 814?
What is the rulers who came after Charlemagne failed to defend the empire against invasions. Also, Europe was threatened by Muslims, Magyars and Vikings in the 9th and 10th centuries
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Why is William the Conqueror an important monarch?
What is he brought the idea of feudalism to Europe
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What stages did a boy go through to become a knight?
What is a boy started training by becoming a page where he learned skills. After seven years, he became a squire and learned how to fight as a warrior. A deserving squire was made a knight in his early 20s
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