WorksheetsGuilds in the Middle Ages
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a guild?
a)
An association of craftspeople
b)
A social class
c)
A military unit
d)
The name for the special doctors during the Black Death
2.
Which of the following is a true statement about guilds?
a)
Members of guilds worked against each other to make sure other craftspeople were charged higher taxes, so they would go out of business
b)
Members of guilds worked together to object to poor treatment by lords, resulting in better treatment and lower taxes
c)
It was better for craftspeople to work alone than to belong to a guild
d)
Guilds were unimportant to the feudal economy
3.
Advertising and price cutting was encourage in guilds.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Only guild members were allowed to trade
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Anyone could join a guild. Sometimes, there were too many people of a particular guild, which drove down the prices for their goods.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Guilds funded schools, cared for orphaned children, and helped families with funeral expenses for guild members .
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Competition between guild members fierce. For example, a horseshoe from one blacksmith could be as much as 75% cheaper than a horseshoe from another blacksmith.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Guilds protected consumers by making sure all goods and services were of a certain level of quality.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
People who worked with guilds to receive training were called:
a)
Apprentices
b)
Interns
c)
Masters
d)
Members
10.
Fraud was rampant among guilds and guild members
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Guilds that made goods or performed a service, such as candlemakers, dyers, and weavers, were called:
a)
Blacksmiths
b)
Maker Guilds
c)
Craft Guilds
d)
Merchant Guilds
12.
Guilds that were made up of a group of traders and controlled the trade within and between towns were called:
a)
Blacksmiths
b)
Maker Guilds
c)
Craft Guilds
d)
Merchant Guilds
13.
The members of this craft guild were responsible for setting handwritten pages together and usually learned their trade as an apprentice before joining the guild.
a)
Bookbinders
b)
Cobblers
c)
Bakers
d)
Goldsmiths
14.
The members of this craft guild used burlap, leather, and reptile skins to design and construct their good. Due to the use of expensive materials, only the most wealthy had access to their good, though some were able to make this good for the “everyman” by using cloth or wood.
a)
Bookbinders
b)
Cobblers
c)
Bakers
d)
Goldsmiths
15.
Because the members of this guild made a staple of Medieval life, they could charge a lot of money for their good. As a result, laws were created to make sure they kept their prices low.
a)
Bookbinders
b)
Cobblers
c)
Bakers
d)
Goldsmiths
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