Feudalism
A lower-ranking noble who served a lord is known as a what?
What is a vassal?
During most of the middle ages, who were the most powerful people in Europe?
Who are Nobles?
True or false, peasants worked all throughout the year.
True
Manmade systems that supply crops with water is called what?
What is irrigation?
Italy is a what?
What is a peninsula?
The center of each territory is a noble's what?
What is a castle?
What was the most popular way for knights to train with one another in tournaments?
What is jousting?
A member of the peasant class who is tied to the land is called a what?
What new piece of farming equipment was pulled through fields by horses?
What is an iron plow?
This sea separates Europe from Africa?
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Feudalism in an arrangement between which two parties?
Who are lords and vassals?
What was the code knights followed that called for bravery, respect, and honor?
What is chivalry?
A member of the peasant class who paid the noble for the right to farm the land and live on it was called a what?
What is a freemen?
What advancement allowed farmers to grow more crops while still keeping their soil fertile?
What is crop rotation?
Most land in Europe lies within 300 miles of a what?
Who accidently played a major role in creating feudalism?
Who is Charles Martel?
Most castles were surrounded by a what?
What is a motte?
What was the main social gathering spot for peasants?
What is the village green?
What were two results of the agricultural revolution in Europe?
What is population growth, increased trade, and the growth of cities?
This strait separates Spain from Morocco.
What is the Strait of Gibraltar?
Feudalism was a social and economic system eventually replaced by what?
What is capitalism?
Who ran their estates when nobles were off at war?
Who are their wives/daughters?
What did most peasants sleep on?
What is a straw mattress?
Farming only enough to meet one's basic needs is called?
What is subsistence farming?
What three major rivers begin in the Alps?
What are the Danube, the Rhine, and the Po Rivers?