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WorksheetsMedieval Towns
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Why did so many medieval towns grow around RIVERS?
Acted as hospitals and schools for the local people
Towns grew when people stopped to buy and sell goods
Provided protection for the people who lived nearby
Crops could be grown to feed everyone in the town
Allowed people to travel and move goods, fish and get drinking water
Why did so many medieval towns grow around CASTLES?
Acted as hospitals and schools for the local people
Towns grew when people stopped to buy and sell goods
Provided protection for the people who lived nearby
Crops could be grown to feed everyone in the town
Allowed people to travel and move goods, fish and get drinking water
Why did so many medieval towns grow around FERTILE LAND?
Acted as hospitals and schools for the local people
Towns grew when people stopped to buy and sell goods
Provided protection for the people who lived nearby
Crops could be grown to feed everyone in the town
Allowed people to travel and move goods, fish and get drinking water
Why did so many medieval towns grow around MARKET PLACES?
Acted as hospitals and schools for the local people
Towns grew when people stopped to buy and sell goods
Provided protection for the people who lived nearby
Crops could be grown to feed everyone in the town
Allowed people to travel and move goods, fish and get drinking water
Why did so many medieval towns grow around MONASTERIES?
Acted as hospitals and schools for the local people
Towns grew when people stopped to buy and sell goods
Provided protection for the people who lived nearby
Crops could be grown to feed everyone in the town
Allowed people to travel and move goods, fish and get drinking water
Here someone is building a house. What do you think they would have used to make the walls?
Stone
Wattle and daub
Bricks
Nothing - they would leave open
A group of craftsmen who joined together to control the quality and the price of their goods was called a ......?
Union
Gold
Team
Guild
What did towns do at night to keep the people safe?
(Select two)
Switch on lights in the streets
Make people stay in their homes from a certain time
Employ lots of police
Close the gates to the city
People in medieval times had a low life expectancy due to disease.
Select all the reasons why this was the case.
Towns were dirty
There were not many hospitals
Water supplies were often polluted
People did not know as much about what caused sickness
Because many people could not read, how did shops show what they were selling?
Select TWO answers.
Shouting out what they sold
They didn't bother - let people guess
Advertising online
Using pictures painted on wooden boards hung outside the shop
