Grade 5 · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 10
Life in the Middle Ages
Who did what in the Middle Ages
What your child practises
Children explain why social structure mattered in a society of the Middle Ages.
Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: 5.3.1 · the importance of social structure in a society from the Middle Ages
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
A person copies books by hand in a monastery. Which group is she or he in?
- knights
- kings
- peasants
- the clergy
the clergy
Hint: Monks and nuns did this work.
Question 2
Who lived in the castle?
- only knights’ horses
- all the peasants
- the lord and his family
- nobody
the lord and his family
Hint: Castles were homes and fortresses.
Question 3
A woman spends her days planting and harvesting grain in a medieval village. Which group is she in?
- the royal family
- peasants
- nobles
- knights
peasants
Hint: She works the land.
Question 4
A man in armour guards the lord’s castle. Which group is he in?
- knights
- peasants
- merchants
- monks
knights
Hint: Armour was for fighting.
Question 5
Why was social structure important in the Middle Ages?
- It stopped all food growing
- It gave everyone a role so the society could work
- It let everyone choose any job
- It made everyone equal
It gave everyone a role so the society could work
Hint: Everybody depended on others.
Question 6
Where did most peasants live?
- in a palace
- on a ship
- in small houses in a village
- in a castle
in small houses in a village
Hint: They lived close to the fields.