Question

Determine whether the following characteristics describe kings or nobles.

at the top of the
social hierarchymaintained large
tracts of land
called fiefsburned villages or
murdered serfs to
gain more landgranted land to those
who could provide
knights for warsreceived rewards in
exchange for loyalty
to the crownruled by divine right

Answer 1

A king is the ruler of a state that inherited that position by right of birith. The characteristics that describe kings are:

• At the top of the social hierarchy
• Granted land to those who could provide knights for wars
• Ruled by divine right

Nobles were those belonging to a hereditary class that had a special political status within a state. The characteristics that describe nobles are:

• Maintained large tracts of land called "fiefs"
• Burned villages or murdered serfs to gain more land
• Received rewards in exchange for loyalty to the crown