Chapter 1: Unit 1 Medieval times

Question 1

How was manorial life arranged?

Answer 1

Freeholder were able to rent land from the king or would work the land for the king. And serfs worked the land for the king with little pay.

Question 2

What were peasants expected to do on manors?

Answer 2

Farm, turn over to the noble, build roads, and clear forests

Question 3

What were some positives to country life?

Answer 3

•You were guaranteed housing and a job

Each family had their own patch of land

Question 4

What were some negatives to country life?

Answer 4

They had to turn of to the Nobel
Some were serfs
That had to do work the lord ordered

Question 5

What are some positive to town life?

Answer 5

You were able to learn a trade
You had more freedom
You could become a merchant

Question 6

What are some downsides to town life?

Answer 6

Weren’t guaranteed housing it a job

They were crowded dirty rat infested

Question 7

What is a guild?

Answer 7

Basically a union, they controlled the prices of goods, set standards of quality, and decided who would be admitted to the craft as a trainee. They also acted as insurance

Question 8

What is a journey man?

Answer 8

A person who trained and would be admitted to the guild

Question 9

Name all the levels in the feudalism hierarchy

Answer 9

Crown
Barons, abbots and bishops
Knights
Commoners (freeman and serfs

Question 10

What was the role of rural women?

Answer 10

They usually had many children
shared the hard work in the fields with their husbands
Wove cloth
Made clothes
Cooked meals
And preserved meals

Question 11

What was the role of women in town?

Answer 11

They married guild members
Worked alongside their husbands or were in carve of selling goods
They were permitted to inherit property
They could become masters of textile industries and brewing

Question 12

What was the role of women in families of wealthy merchants?

Answer 12

They had more opportunity

They were sent to school

Question 13

What was the role of women in noble families?

Answer 13

Had the fewest rights

Arranged marriages

Question 14

What was the role of women in religious orders?

Answer 14

Received some education

Question 15

What was the peasants revolt?

Answer 15

The peasants revolted because of high taxes due to war.

Question 16

What was a result of the peasants revolt?

Answer 16

They lost but their world view changed

Question 17

What was the Black Death?

Answer 17

The plague. 1346 to 1350

Question 18

What was a result of the Black Death?

Answer 18

There were severe labor shortages in manors and many went bankrupt

Question 19

What did nobles do after the Black Death?

Answer 19

They rented it out or sold it to serfs

Question 20

In the new social structure how did people show their wealth?

Answer 20

Clothing, furniture, decorations, and meals

Question 21

Why were sumptuary laws put into place?

Answer 21

Because people were buying too much

Question 22

What is the top level of the new social structure?

Answer 22

Aristocracy

Question 23

What is the middle level of the new social structure?

Answer 23

Middle class

Question 24

What was the bottom level of the new social structure?

Answer 24

Lower class

Question 25

Which people were under aristocracy?

Answer 25

High church officials
Rulers or lots of large manors
Old noble families
Wealthy merchants

Question 26

Who was under middle class?

Answer 26

Merchants or business people
Crafts people
Shopkeepers
Bankers
Priests and lower church officials

Question 27

Who was under lower class?

Answer 27

Peasants
Rural lab outward
Urban laborer a
Servants
Unemployed

Question 28

What is the church social structure?

Answer 28

The pope
Archbishops
Bishops
Priests
Parishioners

Question 29

What did people compete to build in the Middle Ages?

Answer 29

Cathedrals

Question 30

Why were monks and nuns more educated?

Answer 30

To read the bible?

Question 31

Why did many people turn to faith?

Answer 31

Because they thought the Black Death was a punishment from God