Feudalism Basics
What is the term for the system of exchanging land for loyalty and service?
What is feudalism?
What was the economic system that supported feudalism?
What is manorialism?
DAILY DOUBLE
What was the main job of knights?
What is to protect the land and serve their lord?
What do we call someone who receives land from a lord?
What is a vassal?
What might happen if the peasants refused to work on the land?
What is the manor would struggle to produce food and fail to support the system?
Create the feudal pyramid labeling each level with the appropriate group in feudal society.
1. King
2. Lords/Nobles
3. Vassals/Knights
4. Peasants/Serfs
What is a manor?
What is the basic economic unit of the feudal system and a large estate that included a lord’s house, farmland, and a village?
What did peasants provide to their lords?
What is food, labor, and taxes?
What is the term for a noble who grants land to a vassal?
What is a lord?
What might happen if knights didn’t protect the manor?
What is the manor and its people would be vulnerable to attacks?
DAILY DOUBLE
Why did feudalism develop in medieval Europe?
What is to protect people from invasions and organize society?
Who worked the land on the manor?
Who are peasants and serfs?
What did lords provide to their vassals in exchange for loyalty?
What is land and protection?
What is the word for a person tied to the land who worked for a lord?
What is a serf?
What might happen if a vassal disobeyed their lord?
What is they could lose their land and protection?
What is a fief?
What is land granted to a vassal by a lord as a reward?
Why were manors mostly self-sufficient?
What is because they produced nearly everything the people needed to survive, like food, tools, and land?
What responsibilities did the king have in feudalism?
What is granting land to nobles and protecting the kingdom?
What is manorialism?
What is the economic system where the manor was self-sufficient, producing everything it needed for the lord and his workers?
Why did the "Great Divergence" happen in China sooner than in Europe?
What is collective learning?
What is using advanced technology in farming?
What is discovering various rice strains to support the population?
How did feudalism help organize the government?
What is by creating a system of loyalty and responsibilities between kings, lords, and knights?
What were some key features of a manor?
What are the lord’s house/manor house, church, mill, farmland, and village?
What was the difference between serfs and freemen?
What is serfs were tied to the land and couldn’t leave without permission, while freemen could move as desired?
What is the process of becoming a knight?
What is becoming a page at age 7, then a squire at age 15, and then a knight around age 21 after the dubbing ceremony?
DAILY DOUBLE
What changes in history before the medieval period could have led to a "Divergence" happening sooner in Europe?
What is earlier access to advanced agricultural techniques/technology?
What is the earlier establishment of widespread education systems in Europe?