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

Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet

Circle the best answer.

1. 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 lord owes protection
   • The serf owes work on the demesne
   • The lord lets a serf family farm fields
2. 2.

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

   • The lord holds the manor court
   • No box has two causes
   • The lord gains income besides crops
   • The lord owns the mill and bakery on the manor
3. 3.

   What is the demesne, Ari asks?

   • The serf family's fields
   • The lord's own land on the manor
   • The village bakery
   • The room where the manor court meets
4. 4.

   What did villagers pay charges for, Esme asks?

   • Swearing fealty
   • Working on the demesne
   • Joining a craft guild in a town
   • Grinding grain and baking
6. 5.

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

   • Serfs owned the manor
   • The lord had no fields
   • Serfs paid the lord nothing
   • The lord needed their work
7. 6.

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

   Use the picture in question 5.

   • It was where the serf could get justice
   • It was the village market
   • It set serfs free
   • It paid the serf wages each week
8. 7.

   Why did charges for the mill matter to the lord, Luz asks?

   • They cost the lord money
   • They added income besides the crops
   • They closed the lord's manor court for good
   • They freed the villagers
10. 8.

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

    • Leave it: serfs were free to move
    • Change "manor" to "town"
    • Change "Serfs" to "Lords"
    • Change it: they needed the lord's permission to leave
11. 9.

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

    Use the picture in question 8.

    • Change "Serfs" to "Vassals"
    • Leave it: duties went one way
    • Change it: lords owed protection and justice
    • Change "duties" to "fields"
12. 10.

    Pia's note says, "The lord's income came from the demesne's crops and nothing else." Which fix is right?

    • Change "crops" to "coins"
    • Change it: charges and court payments added income
    • Leave it: crops were the one source
    • Change "lord" to "serf"