LISTENING COMPREHENSION – Unit 2: Feudal Society (IV)

                                         FEUDALISM AND THE MANOR SYSTEM

         a)  Use arrows to match up the three columns below in order to explain the social relationships in Medieval Europe. Who gave and who received?

KING                            loyalty or homage                              KING

LORD                           food and taxes                                    LORD

KNIGHTS                     protection and military aid               KNIGHTS

PEASANTS                  gave a fief and peasants??                PEASANTS

          b)    Are the following statements true or false?

-           The vassals controlled the land and the people on it

-           Life was hard for the upper classes

-           Peasants gave a portion of what they produced to their lord

-           Peasants could marry without their lord’s permission