Medieval WebQuesT of Feudalism
**Go to http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/ and look at the different areas listed below.**
Feudal Life
1. What did people of the Middle Ages do for protection? What were their lives like?
2. Who were the main people of “feudal” life? How did they work together? What is a fief?
Peasant Life
3. Describe peasant life. Who did they belong to?
4. What were some of the jobs/ roles of women?
5. What was different about the role of women compared to the past?
6. Who is the famous woman that led troops into battle?
Religion
7. What was the only church during the middle ages?
8. What were the jobs of the village priests?
9. What kind of churches were built when the Roman style domed ones were too small?
10. Which famous cathedral collapsed?
11. Who lived in monasteries? What were their purposes?
Homes
12. Describe the usual home of the middle ages? Why were the windows small?
13. How big were the usual homes?
14. How did the homes of the wealthy differ from those of the peasant? List all the ways.
15. Describe the differences in the kitchens of the rich and poor, as well as their diets.
Clothing
16. What are the 5 types of headwear listed on the website? Who wore each?
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Town Life
17. What two cities grew quickly due to trade? What was being traded?
18. What did the increase of trade and commerce do to feudalism?
19. As marketplaces became towns, how did the government change? What did they create?
20. Who was the highest paid artisan? Why was this so?