Question

This image depicts a feudal manor in Europe during the Middle Ages. How did the manorial system impact Europe's economic development?

A) Trade decreased as manors allowed small kingdoms to become economically self-sufficient.

B) Manors allowed kings to focus on one or two main crops and trade with other kings for the crops or goods that they needed.

C) This system taught peasants how to effectively farm, so when they left for other kingdoms new techniques and technologies spread with them.

D) The manorial system required western Europeans to travel farther east in search of crops such as corn and potatoes because of poor harvests in western Europe from 500-1000.

Answer 1

A) Trade decreased as manors allowed small kingdoms to become economically self-sufficient.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A) Trade decreased as manors allowed small kingdoms to become economically self-sufficient.

The manorial system impacted Europe's economic development in that Trade decreased as manors allowed small kingdoms to become economically self-sufficient.

The image depicts a feudal manor in Europe during the Middle Ages.  During these dark moments of Medieval time in Europe, the economy of the continent was based in the feudal system. The lord and the owner of the land and people worked for that landlord in exchange for housing and some food. The peasants lived under the protection of the lord and they have to be their servants.