| A | B |
|---|
| bourgeoisie | upper/elite social class |
| Middle Ages | period of European history form the fall of Rome to the fall of Constantinople |
| communism | economic system based on collective ownership in a planned economy |
| indentured servant | person who agrees to work for another person without pay for a certain length of time in exchange for paid passgae |
| serf | land-bound pesants |
| manorialism | economic, agriculture system by which the lord of a manor relied upon the labor of peasants to work his estate |
| manor | large agricultural estate |
| indenture | mark |
| slavery | act of legally owning another person and forcing them to obey |
| apprentice | person who learns a trade by living with the family of a skilled worker and working for several years |
| fief | piece of land |
| vassal | a noble that receives land from the king |
| feudalism | political and economic system based on land ownership |
| tithe | church tax, roughly 10% of your income |
| proletariat | working class |
