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Chapter 17 History
Sections 1 - 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What groups of barbarians raided Europe in the 800s? | Vikings, Magyors and Muslins raided them. |
| Because the kings could not protect their lands against these raiders, the power of nobles grew. Nobles remained less powerful to the kings, but they ruled their lands as independent territories. | True |
| What is a knight? | Knights are warriors who fought on horse back. |
| What did nobles give knights for their military service? | Nobles gave knights fiefs. Fiefs are pieces of land. |
| What is a fief? | A fief is a piece of land, instead of money for their military service. |
| What did a knight promise in exchange for a fief? | The knights promised support to a lord in exchange for land is called vassal |
| Define Vassal? | A vassal swore that would always remain loyal to his lord. A knight who agrees to protect and serve a lord in exchange for land. |
| What is Feudalism? | The system that governs the relationship between lords and vassals. |
| What was one of the responsibilities a lord had toward his vassal? | To send help if attacked. |
| The buildings the lords built were known as? | Castles |
| When would the knight have to give money to his lord? | For weddings or his when his son became a knight. |
| Could a knight have more than one lord? | Yes |
| Where did feudalism begin? | Feudalism was first started by the Franks. |
| Who brought feudalism to England? | A French noble named William the Conqueror. |
| In what year was England invaded by the Normans? | Normans raided England in 1066. |
| What did William the Conqueror reward his knights with? | William rewarded them with a large estate of land in his new country. |
| How did knights get to work on their fiefs? | Knights would get peasants and farmers to grow food to live. |
| What is a manor? | A manor is a large estate owned by a knight or lord. |
| Define Serfs. | Works who were tied to the land on which they lived. |
| What did Serfs get in return for working for their lord? | They got a small piece of lang to farm for themselves and received their lords' protection against outlaws and raiders. |
| True or False. Lords wanted people who lived on the land to produce everything they needed, including food and clothing. A manor was to be self-sufficient. | True |
| Who was the judge, jury and tax collectors or a manor? | The tax collector was the lord. |
| What hardships did lords have to survive? | Farm land to survive. |
| Who did women have to obey? | Women had to obey men. |
| What did noble women do when their husbands were away at war? | They had to protect the house. |
| True or False? Other women who wanted power and influence joined Eleanor of Aquitaine. | True |
| Did people live in towns or manors during the early middle ages. | No they did not live in towns or manors. |
| What led the growth of towns and cities? | Wars, battles and raings. |
| What does a plow do? | It helps farmers dig deeper holes. |
| The growth of trade led to the? | Decline of Feudalism |
| Knights began to demand what for their services instead of land? | Money |
| True or False? Serfs and peasants began to leave the country for towns slowly weakening. | True |
| What other society developed a feudal system? | The Japanese developed a very similar system |
| In Europe, the basis of the feudal system was? | The knights. |
| Kings and _______ gave land to knights. | Queens |
| True or False. In return, the knights promised to serve their lords and fight for them when necessary? | True |
| True or False. Many knights owned large manors. | True |
| True or False. Peasants and serfs worked on manors and paid the lords in food | True |
| True or False. A very similar system existed in Japan? | True |
| The emperor of Japan gave land to great lords who were later called? | Daimyo |
| The lords employed warriors called? | Samuri |
| The Samurai received what? | Rice and Grain |
| Lords got the grain from _________ who farmed their land. | Peasants |
| Peasants had to pay their ________ in grain. | Lords |
| True or False? The lives of knights and samurai were similar and both had to swear vows of loyalty to their lords? | True |
| True or False? The lords expected them to fight well and be fearless in battle and also expected their knights or samurai to live disciplined and honorable lives. | True |
| True or False? Both European Knight and Japanese Samurai had to follow strict codes of honor that governed how they behaved? | True |
| What is bushido? | The Japanese Code of the Samurai |
| What is Chivalry? | The code of honorable behavior for European Knights. |
| True or False? Chivalry required knights to be brave and loyal but humble and modest at the same time. | True |
| True or False? Samurai and knights were greatly admired by other members of societies. | True |
| What was the main difference between medieval Europe and Japanese? | Religion |
| Nearly all Europeans were Christians, while Japanese blended elements of Shinto religion of | Buddhism and Confucianism |
| The differences between Europe and Japan can also be seen in the ______ forms popular in each place. | Artistic |
| European art in the middle ages dealt mostly with ____________ themes? | Religious |
| True or False? Paintings showed scenes from the bible and writers tried to inspire people with stories about great Christians. | True |
| Japanese _____________ also celebrated nature. | Literature |
| Japanese poets created _______? | Haiku |
| What is Haiku? | Short poems with only three lines and 17 syllables, that usually describe nature themes. |
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