Feudal Europe: lords, vassals, knights and serfs, and life on a manor
Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence
Circle the best answer.
Luz's chain has a blank: what did the lord grant the vassal?
- A seat in a guild
- A town charter
- Land, called a fief
- A gold coin each day
Milo's chain has a blank: what did the vassal do after the grant?
- Left the land for good
- Sold the land at a fair
- Swore an oath of loyalty to the lord
- Became the king
Noah's chain has a blank: what did the lord promise the vassal?
- Protection
- Loyalty and payments
- Wages by the day
- A new name
Pia reads the word fief. What is a fief?
- Land held from a lord in return for service
- A promise of loyalty
- A tax on bread
- A rule made by a guild
Tala reads the word vassal. What is a vassal?
Use the picture in question 4.
- A trader at a fair
- A paper listing a town's rights from the king
- Someone who holds land from a lord
- The lord who grants the land
What did the vassal owe the lord, Ari asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- Nothing in return
- Protection
- A new fief
- Loyalty, service and payments
By when was granting land for service becoming standard, Bo asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- By the 700s
- By the 1200s
- By the 100s
- Today
Why would a lord grant land to a vassal, Esme asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- To get rid of the land for nothing
- To make the vassal a king
- To get loyalty and service in return
- Because vassals owned the land first
Jun's friend says the vassal was the one with duties. Which reply fits the chain?
Use the picture in question 4.
- Agree: the vassal owed nothing
- Disagree: the lord owed protection too
- Agree: the lord owed nothing
- Disagree: neither had duties
Why do we say the lord and vassal had duties each way, Kira asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- The vassal gave and the lord took without giving back
- The lord gave and the vassal took
- Each one promised something to the other
- They lived far apart