FEUDAL SYSTEM
BIG IDEA SUMMARIES
(CREATED BY ANN CERNY)
Directions: For each of the following, complete a paragraph that proves the Big Idea as it relates to Feudal Europe
(described in “Your Task”). Using the topic sentence provided, develop 3-4 sentences of historical
detail from Chapter 10.2 & your graphic organizers to support that topic sentence. Include key words
from the Big Idea into the conclusion sentence of each of your paragraphs..
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
BIG IDEA: ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
“A government’s effectiveness depends on its ability to create an
organized, stable, and prosperous environment for its people.”
1. Your task: Use Ch 10.2 to describe how feudalism served as the political organization of
kingdoms in Europe.
Topic Sentence: In European kingdoms during the Middle Ages, the system of
feudalism organized the political system.
(Write 3-4 sentences to
describe the role of
kings and lords)
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
BIG IDEA: SOCIAL STRUCTURE
“Civilizations are stratified into social classes with various roles,
responsibilities and privileges.”
2. Your task: Use Ch 10.2 to describe how feudalism organized the society in European
kingdoms.
(Write 3-4 sentences to
describe the role of
knights and serfs)
Topic Sentence: In European kingdoms during the Middle Ages, the system of
feudalism organized the people in society.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
BIG IDEA: PRODUCTION AND TRADE
“A civilization’s prosperity depends on how effectively they
produce and distribute food and products for trade.”
3. Your task: Use Ch 10.2 to describe how feudalism organized the production and distribution of
food in Europe during the Middle Ages.
Write 3-4 sentences that describes who
produced the food (serfs) and how it was
distributed to others (lords, knights)
Topic Sentence: In European kingdoms during the Middle Ages, the system of
feudalism organized the production and distribution of food.
BIG IDEA: PRODUCTION AND TRADE
“A civilization’s prosperity depends on how effectively they
produce and distribute food and products for trade.”
4. Your Task: Use Ch 10.2 to describe how feudalism organized trade and the production of goods
in European kingdoms.
Topic Sentence: In European kingdoms during the Middle Ages, the system
of feudalism organized the production of goods and the system of trade.
Write 3-4 sentences to describe
the role of guilds and merchants
in Medieval towns.