Question

Which of the following work arrangements is most similar to manorialism?
A) Subsistence farming, in which farmers grow just enough crops to feed their own families
B) Factory towns, in which a employer requires employees to rent company-owned houses and purchase food at company-owned stores
C) Sharecropping, in which a wealthy landowner rents land to farmers in exchange for a share of their crops
D) Capitalism, in which businesses an individuals can freely sell their products and labor to make a living

Answer 1

C) Sharecropping, in which a wealthy landowner rents land to farmers in exchange for a share of their crops

Answer 2

The work arrangements that is most similar to manorialism is sharecropping, in which a wealthy landowner rents land to farmers in exchange for a share of their crops. Option C is correct.

Manorialism is the name that the organization of the economy received in the Middle Ages. The economy relied mainly on agriculture. Manorialism describes how land was distributed and who profited from the land. A lord was given a piece of land, usually from a higher nobleman, or from the king.