Feudal Europe: lords, vassals, knights and serfs, and life on a manor

Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet

Circle the best answer.

2. 1.

   In the manor chain, one box leads to two effects. Which box is it, Ren asks?

   • No box in this chain leads to two effects
   • The serf owes work on the demesne
   • The lord owes protection
   • The lord lets a serf family farm fields
3. 2.

   What are the two effects of the serf family's fields, Tala asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • Duties for the serf, and duties for the lord
   • Freedom to leave the manor
   • Duties for the serf, and nothing owed by the lord
   • One effect: the serf owns the manor
4. 3.

   In the income chain, which box has two causes leading into it, Zee asks?

   • The lord holds the manor court
   • The lord gains income besides crops
   • The lord owns the mill and bakery on the manor
   • No box has two causes
6. 4.

   What is the demesne, Ari asks?

   • The room where the manor court meets
   • The village bakery
   • The lord's own land on the manor
   • The serf family's fields
7. 5.

   Could a serf leave the manor freely, Bo asks?

   Use the picture in question 4.

   • No, not without the lord's permission
   • Yes, on any day of the year they chose
   • Yes, after each harvest
   • No, serfs had to move each year
8. 6.

   What did villagers pay charges for, Esme asks?

   • Joining a craft guild in a town
   • Working on the demesne
   • Swearing fealty
   • Grinding grain and baking
10. 7.

    Why would a lord want serfs to stay on the land, Jun asks?

    • Serfs owned the manor
    • Serfs paid the lord nothing
    • The lord needed their work
    • The lord had no fields
11. 8.

    Why did the manor court matter to a serf, Kira asks?

    Use the picture in question 7.

    • It was the village market
    • It paid the serf wages each week
    • It set serfs free
    • It was where the serf could get justice
12. 9.

    Milo's note says, "Serfs could move to another manor when they liked." Which fix is right?

    Use the picture in question 7.

    • Change it: they needed the lord's permission to leave
    • Change "manor" to "town"
    • Change "Serfs" to "Lords"
    • Leave it: serfs were free to move
13. 10.

    Noah's note says, "Serfs owed duties, and lords owed nothing." Which fix is right?

    Use the picture in question 7.

    • Leave it: duties went one way
    • Change "Serfs" to "Vassals"
    • Change it: lords owed protection and justice
    • Change "duties" to "fields"