Middle Ages Excerpt 2

Why did merchants have to pay tolls to lords?

• for protection

• for food

• for materials

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

What were the special organizations of merchants and artisans called?

• peddlers

• guilds

• monks

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

Which of the following describes townspeople during the Middle Ages? (Check all that apply)

• Townspeople had worse living conditions than serfs

• Townspeople were considered middle class

• Townspeople were often merchants and artisans

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3

Which of the following were roles of a priest? Check all that apply.

• worship services

• copying books by hand

• baptism

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

From the context of paragraph 4, what do you think the word “manufactured” means?

"Artisans manufactured shoes, hats, cloth, ironware, and other goods in their workshops."

• created

• bought

• searched for

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does “make a good living” mean in paragraph 5?

" The shoemakers’ guild, for example, wanted to make sure that there were never more shoemakers in a particular town than could make a good living there.

• become rich

• support a family

• create too much

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

How were books created in the Middle Ages?

• printing press

• typewriter

• handwritten

Monks and nuns vowed never to ____________.

• marry

• go into town

• celebrate holidays

Which job do you think would have been the most difficult as a townsperson during the Middle Ages?

• monk/nun

• artisan

• merchant

• priest

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CCSS.W.6.1A

CCSS.W.6.2B

A feudal lord was the ___________ of an area of land and people who worked there.

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CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4