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.

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

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

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

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

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

• apprentice, journeyman, and master craftsman

• journeyman, apprentice, and master craftsman

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

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