Worksheet1:  Defining the Social Problem

 


 

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Group Members:

 

 


  1. State the major public policy that was enacted to address the social problem that your group plans to study.

The major policy became known as feudalism.—the granting of fiefs (land) by the king to lords in exchange for political and military services

 

 

  1. In one or two sentences, state the nature of the social problem that your group plans to study.  Include the time period

Following the end of the Roman Empire (476), people lacked security and protection from barbarian invasions, as well as basic governmental services.   These conditions grew worse by the middle of the 9th century (850) with the fall of the Carolingian Empire.

 

 

  1. List at least three undesirable social conditions that resulted from this problem:

 

Some of the undesirable social conditions that resulted were that people were killed by barbarian invaders, their farms were burned, and they lacked the basic governmental services that had been provided under the Roman Empire.

 

 

  1. List some of the themes or concepts that relate to your social problem:
    • Needs and Wants
    • Economic Systems
    • Political Systems

 

 

  1. Write a short phrase that summarizes the social problem and its time period.

Lack of safety after the fall of Rome.