Lg#55 Rise of Trade Towns

Why did the population of western Eruope grow beginning in the 1000s for the first time since the fall of Rome?

• Better ways of farming helped farmers grow more food.

• Better ways of cooking helped cooks cook

  more food.

• Worsened ways of farming helped farmers grow more food.

• Better ways of farming helped farmers grow more metal.

Many peasants left the fields to work where AND what did they begin to turn out (make)?

• Many peanuts left the fields to work in villages.

• Many peasants left the fields to work in villages.

• They began to turn out cloth and metal products.

• They began to turn out peanut butter and jelly products.

Western nobles wanted what luxury items that came from the East?

• Sugar

• Spices

• Silks

• Dyes

• Barley

Because nobles wanted those items, what did merchants do?

• Merchants carry eastern products to the west to exchange for luxury goods.

• Merchants carry western products to the east to exchange for cheap goods.

• Merchants carry western products to the east to exchange for luxury money.

• Merchants carry western products to the east to exchange for luxury goods.

Where were large trading centers located?

• They were located on the important sea routes that connected western Europe with the Mediterranean bees, Russia, and Scandivania.

• They were located on the important sea routes that connected western Europe with the Mediterranean sea, Iraq, and Vietnam.

• They were located on the important sea routes that connected western Europe with the Mediterranean sea, Russia, and Scandivania.

• They weren't located on the important sea routes that connected eastern Europe with the Mediterranean sea, Russia, and Scandivania.

An important early trading center was in Venice. What did the Venetians develop?

• an effective banking system

• a deffective banking system

• an effective banking card

• an effective bonking system

Another important early trading center was Flanders, (which today is part of Belgium). The Flemish people raised sheep and used the wool to develop what?

• A weaving industry

• A sewing industry

• The cloth they produced became famous for its quality and soon was in heavy demand.

• The cloth they produced became infamous for its quality and soon was in no demand.

Special gatherings called fairs were made by who?

• Merchants traveling along the chief route through eastern France stopped to trade with each other at special gatherings called fairs

• The fairs were sponsored by peasants

• Merchants traveling along the chief route through western France stopped to meet with each other at special gatherings called flairs

• The fairs were sponsored by nobles

Why did nobles sponsor fairs?

• They couldn't collect taxes on sales.

• They could collect taxes on sales.

• They could ban taxes on sales.

After a while, merchants grew tired of moving around, so WHAT did they do?

• They began to look for places where they could settle permanently

• express their their moods

• store their goods

• They began to look for spots where they could settle temporarily