Topic2Lesson4RevivalofTownsandTrade

Revival of Towns and Trade

Guiding Questions

• How did environments and technological innovations support the growth of Medieval Christendom?

• What were the results of expanding trade?

• Why were guilds important to the medieval economy?

What were the New Ways of Farming?

• The Plow and the Horse

• What was the Three-Field System?

• Cistercians Advance Farming

• More Food Fuels Growth

Multiple Select

Select the parts of a three-field system:

• Only one field was planted

• a third of land was planted with spring crops

• All of the fields were planted

• a third of the land was planted with winter crops

• a third of the land was left fallow

How Did Trade and Industry Increase?

• Trade Revives

• Industry Flourishes

• Trade Goes Global

• Merchant Banking Expands

Multiple Choice

Why was there a need for a banking system?

• Merchants could lose their fortune during travel.

• To make families rich

• To establish towns and urban life

• Vikings could easily rob the money from the bank.

Towns Grow and Spread

• From Market Center to Busy Town

• Guilds Protect Crafts

• Freedom in the Air

Multiple Choice

What is a guild?

• unplanted land

• people who use the plow and horse for farming

• a group of workers practicing the same craft.

• farming technique

Quiz Time

Read each question carefully. Determine the best answer to the question from the four answer choices provided.

Multiple Choice

The chief purpose of medieval fairs was to

• increase agricultural output.

• promote trade.

• help manors become self-sufficient.

• protect the interests of craftworkers.

Multiple Choice

Why did farmers let some fields lie fallow?

• to reduce the surplus of crops

• to bring new land under cultivation

• to increase the soil’s productivity

• to allow serfs to grow their own food

Multiple Choice

What was one result of the three-field system?

• Farmers could share their land and labor.

• Farmers could clear more forest land.

• Farmers could produce more crops each year.

• Farmers could use draft animals to plow their land.

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of guilds?

• to protect craftworkers’ financial interests

• to increase the supply of manufactured goods

• to promote competition among workers

• to make overseas trade easier and safer

Multiple Choice

Why did medieval towns offer more freedom than manors?

• Towns had no church officials.

• Towns had fewer guilds to restrict workers.

• Towns had no system of social classes.

• Towns were beyond the control of feudal lords.