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Middle Ages Excerpt 2

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did merchants have to pay tolls to lords?

a)

for protection

b)

for food

c)

for materials

2.

What were the special organizations of merchants and artisans called?

a)

peddlers

b)

guilds

c)

monks

3.

Which of the following describes townspeople during the Middle Ages? (Check all that apply)

a)

Townspeople had worse living conditions than serfs

b)

Townspeople were considered middle class

c)

Townspeople were often merchants and artisans

4.

Which of the following were roles of a priest? Check all that apply.

a)

worship services

b)

copying books by hand

c)

baptism

5.

From the context of paragraph 4, what do you think the word “manufactured” means?


"Artisans manufactured shoes, hats, cloth, ironware, and other goods in their workshops."

a)

created

b)

bought

c)

searched for

6.

What does “make a good living” mean in paragraph 5?


" The shoemakers’ guild, for example, wanted to make sure that there were never more shoemakers in a particular town than could make a good living there.

a)

become rich

b)

support a family

c)

create too much

7.

How were books created in the Middle Ages?

a)

printing press

b)

typewriter

c)

handwritten

8.

Monks and nuns vowed never to ____________.

a)

marry

b)

go into town

c)

celebrate holidays

9.

Which job do you think would have been the most difficult as a townsperson during the Middle Ages?

a)

monk/nun

b)

artisan

c)

merchant

d)

priest

10.

A feudal lord was the (a)   of an area of land and people who worked there.

11.

A toll was a (a)   for using a road, river, or bridge.

12.

An artisan is a (a)   who makes something useful, like furniture