Chapter 15 Section 2 Questions
1. Why did Charles Martel begin to give land to nobles?
2. After the collapse of Charlemagne’s empire who did the
peasant rely on for protection?
3. Define feudalism.
4. What is a feudal territory?
5. What was at the center of the feudal territory?
6. What is feudalism based on?
7. What is a vassal?
8. What did the vassal swear to?
9. What is the land granted to a vassal called?
10. What is a knight?
11. What invention in the 700s allowed for soldiers to sit up on
a horse?
12. What other place had a feudal system?
13. What is a manor?
14. What is a serf?
15. How does a serf differ from a peasant?
16. What was one thing the lord could not do to a serf?
17. What did the serf have to pay the lord?
18. Why is the iron plow and horse collar important inventions?
19. What was the difference between a two-field rotation and a
three-field rotation?
20. What is the code of chivalry?
21. What was the role of women in the manor?
22. Describe the castle.
23. What are the most important feast days?
24. What food item was a basic stable?
25. What allowed trade to resume?
26. What are two important trading towns?
27. What did townspeople exchange for certain rights?
28. What is a guild?
29. Why could medieval cites be burned quickly?
30. What was the role of women in the city?
Chapter 15 Section 2 Questions
1. Why did Charles Martel begin to give land to nobles?
2. After the collapse of Charlemagne’s empire who did the
peasant rely on for protection?
3. Define feudalism.
4. What is a feudal territory?
5. What was at the center of the feudal territory?
6. What is feudalism based on?
7. What is a vassal?
8. What did the vassal swear to?
9. What is the land granted to a vassal called?
10. What is a knight?
11. What invention in the 700s allowed for soldiers to sit up on
a horse?
12. What other place had a feudal system?
13. What is a manor?
14. What is a serf?
15. How does a serf differ from a peasant?
16. What was one thing the lord could not do to a serf?
17. What did the serf have to pay the lord?
18. Why is the iron plow and horse collar important inventions?
19. What was the difference between a two-field rotation and a
three-field rotation?
20. What is the code of chivalry?
21. What was the role of women in the manor?
22. Describe the castle.
23. What are the most important feast days?
24. What food item was a basic stable?
25. What allowed trade to resume?
26. What are two important trading towns?
27. What did townspeople exchange for certain rights?
28. What is a guild?
29. Why could medieval cites be burned quickly?
30. What was the role of women in the city?