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                                                    Chapter 24 Review Guide



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

The basis of power under the feudal system was
a.
money and gold.
c.
military skill.
b.
land ownership.
d.
the people's support.
 

 2. 

In the 900s, peasants were willing to trade their land for protection from
a.
Germanic invaders.
c.
Viking raids.
b.
powerful kings.
d.
the Franks.
 

 3. 

The most important duty of a feudal vassal was
a.
working the lord's farmlands.
b.
attending the lord's court.
c.
providing military service.
d.
protecting the lord's fief from attack.
 

 4. 

The most common feudal agreements of lords and vassals established ties of loyalty and duty among
a.
clergy.
c.
serfs.
b.
nobles.
d.
kings.
 

 5. 

In a castle, the noble's household quarters and great hall were located in the
a.
moat.
c.
portcullis.
b.
palisade.
d.
keep.
 

 6. 

One of the duties of a page was to
a.
help knights care for their warhorses.
b.
rescue a knight who fell in battle.
c.
fight in tournaments and jousts.
d.
oversee the noble's different fiefs.
 

 7. 

In general, noblewomen in the Middle Ages were expected to
a.
train pages in riding and fencing.
b.
pay a ransom if their lord was captured in battle.
c.
run the castle household and look after the poor.
d.
take care of the destriers.
 

 8. 

On a manor, the person in charge of overseeing work in the fields was called
a.
a squire.
c.
the seneschal.
b.
a vassal.
d.
the bailiff.
 

 9. 

Which of the following is NOT true about the life of a serf?
a.
Serfs could own their own land or house.
b.
Serfs could gain freedom by escaping to a town.
c.
Serfs had to have the noble's permission to marry.
d.
Serfs did not have to serve in the noble's army.
 

 10. 

Toward the end of the Middle Ages, farming became more productive because
a.
feudal estates had grown larger.
b.
peasants could use oxen to pull their plows.
c.
heavier iron plows were invented.
d.
more serfs were free to move away from the land.
 

 11. 

The kings who ruled western Europe after Charlemagne's death gave away more and more royal lands to
a.
invaders so that they would leave.
b.
the clergy so that they could build more monasteries.
c.
peasants and serfs to divide into manors.
d.
nobles who provided them with food, horses, and soldiers.
 

 12. 

During the Viking invasions, people in western Europe
a.
fled to Asia Minor and Asia.
b.
wanted security and protection from their leaders.
c.
banded together to establish national governments.
d.
gave power back to the kings.
 

 13. 

Nobles raised their own armies
a.
so they could develop feudalism.
b.
because they wanted to protect the poor and helpless.
c.
to protect their property, which included lands and people.
d.
because no national governments existed in western Europe.
 

 14. 

European peasants traded their lands and freedom for
a.
a powerful noble's protection.
b.
the act of homage.
c.
the privilege of becoming knights.
d.
the trusted word of a powerful noble.
 

 15. 

Along with land, a noble also received the right to
a.
make laws to govern the land and the people who lived on it.
b.
establish a manor village for farming.
c.
build castles with keeps for protection.
d.
send someone else in his place for military duty.
 

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
fiefs
f.
act of homage
b.
clergy
g.
squire
c.
serf
h.
code of chivalry
d.
joust
i.
dubbing
e.
palisades
j.
seneschal
 

 16. 

Rules governing a knight's behavior
 

 17. 

Farm workers who could not leave the noble's land
 

 18. 

Young nobleman who served a knight in battle
 

 19. 

Estates given in return for military service
 

 20. 

Social group made up of religious leaders
 

 21. 

High wooden fences built for protection
 

 22. 

A vassal's pledge of loyal service to a noble
 

 23. 

Official of a manor who oversaw all the fiefs
 

 24. 

Competition between two mounted knights
 

 25. 

Ceremony by which a young noble became a knight
 

Short Answer
 

 26. 

What was the nature of the relationship between lord and vassal? How was it helpful to both?
 

 27. 

Why were Castles built and what were some of the features that made them so strong?
 



 
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