Crusades and Growth of Towns

All of the following are reasons why the population grew in the high middle ages EXCEPT

• The use of iron plows increased food production

• The use of horse instead of oxen to pull plows increased food production

• The use of antibiotics to treat illness increased life span

• Three field crop rotation increased crop production

Three effects of increased trade were

• increased use of money, wealthy merchants, start of banking

• trade wars between east and west, increased use of money, nobles become more wealthy

• Increased use of money, wealthy merchants, increased trade with Africa

• wealthy merchants, fewer towns, economies based on barter

Towns grew in these places EXCEPT

• Along major trade routes

• Near Cathedrals

• Near large manor houses/castles

• On small manors

Three reasons why towns were different from manors were

• towns were not self-sufficient

• economies in towns were based on exchange of money instead of goods and services

• towns were controlled by wealthy merchants, not the lords

• living conditions in towns were better than manors

A guild is

• all people who practice the same craft or trade

• a group of religious people

• a medieval jail

• a group of people like a jury

The purpose of a guild was to

• set prices and standards

• determine guilt or innocence

• practice a religion in secrecy

• prevent outsides from selling goods in a town

At age 7, a young boy would go live with a guild member and become a

• apprentice

• journeyman

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• squire

After 7 years of training, an apprentice could

• open his own store

• fight in battles with a knight

• become a paid worker (journeyman)

• pick a new career

Which are the effects of the growth of towns on the middle ages?

• peasants began to leave manors for opportunities in cities

• living conditions in cities improved

• diseases spread quickly

• merchants took power from nobles

Why did towns buy royal charters?

• to keep goods at a stable price

• to set up schools and universities

• to gain independence from feudal lords

• to avoid being overrun by the army