Feudalism Vocabulary

3. A person who was given land/manor by an overlord to rule over
5. A system where people are ranked according to their power in society
6. Where most people lived during the Middle Ages
8. A group of people with a similar amount of power
9. The social class SECOND in the feudal hierarchy
11. Whose job is it to work in the fields growing food?
12. Whose job is it to help protect the land and those who are helpless?
13. In feudalism, one’s position was determined by birth, and there was almost no opportunity for social ________

1. a social hierarchy where people are ordered and grouped into certain roles
2. The social class THIRD in the feudal hierarchy
4. a system in which land was divided up, given to lords, and worked by peasants
7. Whose job is it to manage and defend their land and manors?
8. The social class at the BOTTOM of the feudal hierarchy
10. Grant or piece of land given by a lord to a vassal (knight) in return for their loyalty, taxes and military service
12. The social class at the TOP of the feudal hierarchy