Chapter 2 lesson 2

2. Lower ranking vassals were known as ___________. Pg 70
6. As nobles tried to control town affairs, merchant wealth forced them to allow basic rights to ___________________. Pg 76
7. The main difference between a knight and other warriors, was that a knight fought on _____________. Pg 70
8. Knights followed this code. Pg 71
12. The new political and social order that was created after the fall of Charlemagne’s Empire. Pg 69
13. A farming community that was worked by peasants and owned by a noble lord or knight. Pg 72
14. Every castle had a steep-sided hill around it called a _____________. Pg 71
15. The central area of villages in medieval times was called a village ___________. Pg 73
16. The city most known for its woolen cloth was _____________. Pg 75
19. The most important official on the manor. Pg 72
21. Two types of peasants were serfs and ______________. Pg 72

1. Another important improvement in farming in the middle ages was called crop _______________. Pg 74
3. Europe’s rivers provided power for _____________ to grind grain into flour. Pg 74
4. A lower-ranking noble who served a lord. Pg 69
5. By 1200, Italian cities controlled trade in the ________________. Pg 75
9. The property granted to a vassal. Pg 70
10. One of the major improvements to farming in the middle ages was the heavy wheeled plow with an _____________. Pg 74
11. In Feudal Europe, these were built to provide nobles a strong defense against their enemies. Pg 69
17. One way a serf could earn their freedom was to ___________ to a town. Pg 73
18. The majority of peasants were ____________. Pg 72
20. As becoming part of a guild, an _____________ would work to complete their training toward being a journeyman. Pg 77