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DDES S.S. 24.4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are manors? | farming communities found on all fiefs |
| How were manors isolated from one another? | by poor transportation and frequent fighting |
| What did manor farmers invent? | the heavy plow and the horse collar |
| What system did manor farmers use? | The three field system |
| What is a seneschal? | an official whose job it was to look after the noble's fief by regularly visiting the fief |
| What is a bailiff? | an official whose job it was to look after the peasants and make sure they worked hard |
| What is the village green? | an open area around which cottages were crowded |
| What was a freeman? | peasants who paid the noble for the right to farm land |
| What was a serf? | It was a person who was part of the nobles property. They could not move to another area, own their own property, or marry without the nobles permission. By the end of the middle ages they could buy their freedom. |
| What was the major cause of disease in the Middle Ages? | fleas |
| Why was the reason rats were rampant in the middle ages? | dirty conditions |
| Where were the fleas? | on the rats and in the straw bedding |
| What were farming communities found on all fiefs? | manors |
| What effect did poor transportation and frequent fighting have on the manors? | they were isolated from one another |
| Who invented the the heavy plow and the horse collar? | manor farmers |
| Who used the three field system? | manor farmers |
| Which official's job was it to look after the noble's fief by regularly visiting the fief? | seneschal |
| Which official's job was it to look after the peasants and make sure they worked hard? | bailiff |
| What is an open area around which cottages were crowded? | village green |
| Who were peasants who paid the noble for the right to farm land? | freeman |
| Who was part of the nobles property? | serfs |
| Who could not move to another area, own their own property, or marry without the nobles permission? | serfs |
| Who could buy their freedom by the end of the middle ages? | serfs |
| What were fleas the major cause of in the Middle Aged? | disease |