Grade 7 History Worksheets
After Rome fell, Europe reorganised itself around land, loyalty and the Church, and then met a plague that changed everything.
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What your child will learn: The Middle Ages
- Feudalism was a system of land in exchange for loyalty and service: kings granted land to nobles, who owed them soldiers.
- Most people were peasants or serfs who farmed a lord's land and kept little of what they grew.
- The Catholic Church was the most powerful institution in medieval Europe, and monasteries preserved learning.
- Islamic civilization flourished at the same time, advancing mathematics, medicine and astronomy and preserving Greek texts.
- The Black Death, a plague arriving in Europe in the 1340s, killed roughly a third of the population and weakened feudalism.
Sample worksheet questions
1. What was the most powerful institution in medieval Europe?
Answer: The Catholic Church
2. Who farmed the land and kept little of it?
Answer: Peasants and serfs
3. Who sat at the top of the feudal pyramid?
Answer: The king
4. About how much of Europe's population died?
Answer: About one third
5. What was the Black Death?
Answer: A plague that struck Europe in the 1340s
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🏰 Activity Sheet: Feudal Pyramid: Draw the feudal pyramid with king, nobles, knights and peasants. Beside each, write what they gave and what they got.
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