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Lesson 2 Feudalism and the Rise of Towns

ESSENTIAL QUESTION
What are the characteristics
that define a culture?

The Feudal Order

1. Defining What is feudalism?
When invaders attack Europe, the citizens put their trust on nobles. Nobles
fought in return of services.

2. Differentiating As you read the lesson, fill in the chart

with facts you learn about lords, vassals, and knights.

Lord Vassal Knight

Were nobles Were nobles armed with medieval long
protected vassals serves Lord sword and rode on horses.

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3. Listing In the circles below, list five rules of chivalry.

loyalty respect women

Bravery honor the church

Rules of
Chivalry

respect pregnant women

4. Describing Describe a medieval castle. What was its

purpose? What did it look like?
It had many pillars and was surrounded by water. The castles are extremely rigid
and hard to invade due to the water defenses

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The Medieval Manor

1. Comparing and Contrasting As you read the lesson, fill
in the Venn diagram with facts that show how serfs and
freemen were similar and different.

COMMON PEOPLE IN MIDDLE AGES

FREEMEN SERFS
Could leave the manor tied to the manor
had more rights than Serf BOTH usually abused
lHas less right than
nobles
lived in dirted floor
houses

2. Explaining On the lines below, tell why life was more

difficult for serfs than it was for freemen.

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Setfs had to buy freedom

3. Identifying On the lines below, identify three

improvements that helped medieval farmers.
heavy wheel blade, iron blade and horse collar
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The Growth of Towns and Cities

1. Determining Causes and Effects As you read the lesson,
write the effects of Europe’s increase in trade after the
1100s.

Causes of Trade Effects of Trade

• repair of roads Towns grew bigger
• protection by nobles Cities became wealthy
• law enforcement built better navy fleets
• new technology for
formed trading capitals
growing food
• population growth Trade fairs

2. Assessing How did the growth of a new middle class

affect feudalism?
Even the middle classes had rights to own and earn money just like the nobles

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3. Explaining What is a guild? What did medieval guilds do?
Buisness group and controlled buisness and trade in town

4. Describing Describe the living conditions in a medieval

city.
The life was enclosure inside of the stone walls and jammed building