Unit 2 Lesson 6: Towns in the Middle Ages

What was the main reason there were walls around the town and gates which everyone must pass?

• It was because the towns wanted to make money.

• It was due to a need for protection.

• It was a way to show the Lord owned the town.

• There were no walls surrounding the towns.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

What happened as a result of merchants creating jobs in towns?

• there were less jobs for serfs

• more people moved to the countryside

• nothing changes in the towns or countryside

• more people left the countryside to work in towns

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

On page 31, the author states, "Pickpockets and purse snatchers were afoot, too." What does the word afoot mean as it is used in that sentence?

• around

• beginning

• on the way

• buying

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

Why did fires and disease spread so quickly throughout towns in the Middle Ages?

• there was not easy access to water

• houses were close together and had roofs made of straw

• there were no doctors to treat sick people in the middle ages

• houses were close together and had roofs made of mud and sticks

What did an apprentice need to do in order to become a craftsmen?

• publish a book about what he had learned

• be interviewed by the local lord or king

• submit a masterpiece for approval by the guild

• marry and start a family

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Which of the following is a difference between being an apprentice and being a journeyman?

• journeymen are paid for their work but apprentices are not

• apprentices are paid for their word but journeymen are not

• apprenticeships take many years and being a journeyman does not

• being a journeyman takes many years and being an apprentice does not

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What are the three stages, in order, for becoming a master craftsman?

• apprentice, journeyman, and master craftsman

• journeyman, apprentice, and master craftsman

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

Who were Empress Matilda and Abbess Hildegard?

• the only two women who became knights

• a leader of an army and a famous writer

• the daughters of King Henry II

• two women who forced guilds to lower the prices of goods

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What was the relationship between trade and a middle class?

• as trade grew, towns and new jobs emerged and the middle class grew in importance

• as trade grew, it caused the middle class to return to the fields help the serfs

• as trade grew, it caused there to be less jobs for the middle class to have

• there was no relationship between trade and the middle class

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.5.2