Revival of Towns and Trade Review

Why did towns offer more freedom than manors?

• Towns were not controlled by feudal lords

• Towns did not have social class

• Towns had no guilds to hinder workers

• Towns had no church officials.

farmers let some fields lie fallow to?

• reduce the surplus of crops

• bring new land under cultivation

• increase the soil’s productivity

• allow serfs to grow their own food

What was an important advantage of the three-field system of crop rotation?

• Because it divided large land holdings among vassals.

• It increased the amount of land that could be planted every year

• because it allowed all of a farmer’s land to be planted at once.

• It produced fewer crops for farmers to harvest.

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

What is true of a manor?

• Self-sufficient

• it had influences from far away

• large population

• no protection

What is true of the Towns

• Social mobility

• small population

• lots of protectoin

• Its where the nobles lived.