Topic 9 Lesson 4: Revival of Towns and Trade

The chief purpose of medieval fairs was to

• increase agricultural output.

• promote trade.

• help manors become self-sufficient.

• protect the interests of craftworkers.

Why did farmers let some fields lie fallow?

• to reduce the surplus of crops

• to bring new land under cultivation

• to increase the soil's productivity

• to allow serfs to grow their own food

What was one result of the three-field system?

• Farmers could share their land and labor.

• Farmers could clear more forest land.

• Farmers could produce more crops each year.

• Farmers could use draft animals to plow their land.

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

Why did medieval towns offer more freedom than manors?

• Towns had no church officials.

• Towns had fewer guilds to restrict workers.

• Towns had no system of social classes.

• Towns were beyond the control of feudal lords.

What is crop rotation?

• practice of changing the use of fields over time

• unplanted

• system of planting invented in the High Middle Ages which increased the amount of land that could be planted each year

• association of people who have a common interest

What does fallow mean?

• unplanted

• system of planting invented in the High Middle Ages which increased the amount of land that could be planted each year

• association of people who have a common interest

• drawing or pulling, as of a load

What is a three-field system?

• system of planting invented in the High Middle Ages which increased the amount of land that could be planted each year

• association of people who have a common interest

• drawing or pulling, as of a load

• to stop

What is a guild?

• association of people who have a common interest

• drawing or pulling, as of a load

• to stop

• practice of changing the use of fields over time

What does it mean to draft something?

• drawing or pulling, as of a load

• to stop

• practice of changing the use of fields over time

• unplanted