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Worksheets2ºESO UNIT 4 The Late Middle Ages
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 45mins
Why is the development of the cities associated with an increase in trade?
Because the traders founded new cities along their routes.
Because the traders and craftsmen, known as the bourgeoisie, lived in the cities.
Because the trading posts eventually became cities.
Why did the quantity and amount granted in loans by bankers rise?
Because the bankerskept everyone's money.
Because economic growth enabled businesses to prosper so the bankers knew they would be repaid the money they were owed.
Because it was the only way to start a business.
What was the difference between a fair and a market?
A market was set up in a square, whereas a fair took place in a special location.
A fair was a large international market that was only open for a short period of time.
A fair contained leisure and entertainment facilities as well as shops.
Where would merchants, or large-scale traders, go to sign a trade agreement?
The exchange
The market
The town hall
How much power did a feudal lord have over a region in which the cities had been granted fueros?
A lot, as the cities had to pay tributes to their feudal lord.
Little, as the fueros allowed the cities to govern themselves.
A lot, as the feudal lords appointed the mayors abd magistrates.
Who benefitted most from the development of the cities and trade?
The Church because this enabled them to spread their beliefs.
The nobility because they owned the cities.
The monarchs because they increased their income through taxes.
Which social group was incorporated into the cortes?
The bourgeoisie, who represented the cities.
The nobility, who had not previously been included.
The peasants, as they formed the majority of the population.
What was the difference between Magna Carta and the fueros that had been granted previously?
Magna Carta was granted by the king, whereas the fueros were awarded by the nobility.
Instead of applying to a city or territory, Magna Carta applied to the whole kingdom.
Magna Carta anulled all of the previous fueros.
Why was there a decrease in the population at the end of the Middle Ages?
Because the birth rate declined; people gradually had fewer children.
Due to famines, epidemics and wars.
Becasue there were many migration movements.
What role did Ancient thinkers play in Medieval universities?
An insignificant one as their works had been lost.
A very important one as they were considered a source of knowledge.
An insignificant one as university studies were based on the thinkers of their time.
Why did the Western Schism occur?
Because the Pope disagreed with some kings and they ceased to obey him.
Because various popes were appointed at the same time and each kingdom supported one or the other.
Because Christians in the West had different religious beliefs.
Which religious movements favoured a more austere Church?
The military orders.
The mendicant orders.
The Orthodox Christians.
Why are there more glass windows in a Gothic church than in a Romanesque one?
Due to questions of taste, the builders of Romanesque churches preferred other features to glass windows.
Because in Gothic churches, the weight was not supported by the walls, but by buttresses. these were separated from the walls, allowing them to place more glass windows in them.
Becasue Romanesque churches were made of cheaper materials , so they used wooden windows, not glass ones.
Which architectural features were used to reinforce the vertical form of the buildings?
Pointed arches, buttresses and ribbed vaults.
Pointed arches, pinnacles, spires etc.
Pointed arches, towers and storeys with various naves.
How did expressiveness and realism evolve from the Romanesque style of painting and sculpture to the Gothic?
Both expressiveness and realism became more pronounced.
The works became more expressive but the degree of realism remained the same.
The works became more realistic but the degree of expressiveness remained the same.
