🏰 FEUDALISM
This system was based on land and loyalty.
What is feudalism?
A worker tied to the land.
What is a serf?
This ruler was king of the Franks.
Who was Charlemagne?
This document limited the king's power.
What is the Magna Carta?
The Middle Ages began after the fall of this empire.
What was the Roman Empire?
Land given in exchange for service.
Land given in exchange for service.
A warrior who served a lord.
What is a knight?
He was crowned emperor by this religious leader.
Who was the Pope?
The Magna Carta was signed in this year.
What is 1215?
A large fortified home in Medieval Europe.
What is a castle?
People who received land from a lord and promised loyalty.
What is a vassal?
This group was very powerful during the Middle Ages.
What was the Catholic Church?
Charlemagne encouraged this in his empire.
What is education (learning)?
The king who signed the Magna Carta.
Who was King John?
True or False: Serfs were wealthy landowners.
False
Kings often gave land to these powerful people.
Who were the nobles?
These people forced King John to sign the Magna Carta.
Who were the nobles (barons)?
The people Charlemagne ruled.
Who were the Franks?
The Magna Carta said even the king must obey this.
What is the law?
True or False: Feudalism was based on loyalty and land.
True
Explain how feudalism worked.
A system where kings gave land to nobles, nobles gave land to vassals, and everyone promised loyalty and service.
Their main job was to protect nobles and kingdoms.
Who were knights?
Give one reason Charlemagne was important.
He united much of Western Europe, promoted education, and strengthened Christianity.
Why is the Magna Carta important today?
It helped establish the idea that everyone, including rulers, must follow the law.
Name three important Middle Ages vocabulary words and explain them.
Serf, knight, feudalism, fief, vassal, Magna Carta, etc.