Life
Jobs
Money
Houses
Food
100

Where are the peasants on the feudal pyramid?

On the bottom

100

What are 2 jobs that a peasant can have? (Men/Women)

They can raise crops, tend farm animals, can be carpenters, shoe-makers, metal-workers (Smiths), worked in the fields, cared for children, worked in homes, performed, and grinded their grain.

100

What was the yearly payment called?

Head-money

100

How many rooms are usually in a house?

1-2 rooms

100

What are the two things that the bread is made of?

Wheat mixed with rye/oatmeal

200

How is a peasant classified as free or unfree?

Due to the amount of service done to the lord.

200

What is another word for a metal-worker?

A smith

200
What was the tax that a lord could demand called?

A "tallage"

200

What was used to make furniture?

Woven strips of wood covered in mud or straw.

200

What type of food did they have in the winter?

They had pork, mutton, and fish preserved in salt.

300

What do the serfs get in return for farming the lords fields and not leaving the matter?

They get a small plot of land to farm.

300

What is a carpenter?

A person who makes and repairs wooden objects and structures.

300

What is it called when a woman marries and, she, her father, or her husband had to pay a fee?

It is called a "merchet"

300

1. Did they have a chimney?

2. If they didn't what was the outcome of it?

1. No

2. It made the room dark and smokey.

300

What were herbs mostly used for?

They were used to improve flavor/reduce saltiness and disguise the taste of meat that was no longer fresh.

400

What do the freed lords and knights do?

Spend their time preparing for war or fighting.

400

Can women be shoe-makers?

Women were not often shoemakers.

400

According to the newspaper, how much grain did the lord keep for himself?

75%

400

Where was the fire hearth in the house?

It was in the middle of a room

400

What were the two types of meat they never ate.

Beef and chicken.

500

What do free peasants get?

Rented land to farm which is owed only rent to the lord.

500

What was a job only women can do?

They can only care for children and work in homes.

500

1. What is the plural form of denarius?

2. What is it?

1. Denarii

2. A coin in medieval Europe

500

What all happened in one room?

An entire family usually ate, slept, and housed all their farm animals.

500

Why were vegetables used in their everyday menu?

There was always a type of vegetable grown year round (or many different veggies)