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7th grade Feudal Europe: lords, vassals, knights and serfs, and life on a manor worksheet

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

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NameDate

Circle the best answer.

1.
Luz's chain has a blank: what did the lord grant the vassal?
- Land, called a fief
- A gold coin each day
- A town charter
- A seat in a guild
2.
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
- Became the king
- Swore an oath of loyalty to the lord
3.
Pia reads the word fief. What is a fief?
- A tax on bread
- A rule made by a guild
- Land held from a lord in return for service
- A promise of loyalty
4.
What does fealty mean, Ren asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- Land given by a lord
- Money paid at a market by farmers and traders
- Loyalty a vassal owes a lord
- A field left to rest
5.
Tala reads the word vassal. What is a vassal?
Use the picture in question 3.
- A trader at a fair
- Someone who holds land from a lord
- The lord who grants the land
- A paper listing a town's rights from the king
6.
Which box in the chain is the first cause, Zee asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- A lord grants a vassal land
- The oath of fealty
- The lord promises protection
- The vassal owes service
7.
What did the vassal owe the lord, Ari asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- Nothing in return
- Loyalty, service and payments
- Protection
- A new fief
8.
By when was granting land for service becoming standard, Bo asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- Today
- By the 700s
- By the 1200s
- By the 100s
9.
Why would a lord grant land to a vassal, Esme asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- Because vassals owned the land first
- To make the vassal a king
- To get loyalty and service in return
- To get rid of the land for nothing
10.
Jun's friend says the vassal was the one with duties. Which reply fits the chain?
Use the picture in question 3.
- Agree: the lord owed nothing
- Agree: the vassal owed nothing
- Disagree: neither had duties
- Disagree: the lord owed protection too

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Feudal Europe: lords, vassals and serfs, and life on a manor. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

I can explain a fief, homage and fealty, and the duties a lord and a vassal owed each other.
I can read a manor chain where duties run both ways, explain that serfs were bound to the land, and show how the lord's income had two causes.
I can explain how work duties became cash payments, weigh what a serf gained and lost by moving to a town, and say why historians debate the word feudalism.

Standard: D2.Eco.1.6-8

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