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Topic 9 Lesson 4: Revival of Towns and Trade

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

The chief purpose of medieval fairs was to

a)

increase agricultural output.

b)

promote trade.

c)

help manors become self-sufficient.

d)

protect the interests of craftworkers.

2.

Why did farmers let some fields lie fallow?

a)

to reduce the surplus of crops

b)

to bring new land under cultivation

c)

to increase the soil's productivity

d)

to allow serfs to grow their own food

3.

What was one result of the three-field system?

a)

Farmers could share their land and labor.

b)

Farmers could clear more forest land.

c)

Farmers could produce more crops each year.

d)

Farmers could use draft animals to plow their land.

4.

What was the purpose of guilds?

a)

to protect craftworkers' financial interests

b)

to increase the supply of manufactured goods

c)

to promote competition among workers

d)

to make overseas trade easier and safer

5.

Why did medieval towns offer more freedom than manors?

a)

Towns had no church officials.

b)

Towns had fewer guilds to restrict workers.

c)

Towns had no system of social classes.

d)

Towns were beyond the control of feudal lords.

6.

What is crop rotation?

a)

practice of changing the use of fields over time

b)

unplanted

c)

system of planting invented in the High Middle Ages which increased the amount of land that could be planted each year

d)

association of people who have a common interest

7.

What does fallow mean?

a)

unplanted

b)

system of planting invented in the High Middle Ages which increased the amount of land that could be planted each year

c)

association of people who have a common interest

d)

drawing or pulling, as of a load

8.

What is a three-field system?

a)

system of planting invented in the High Middle Ages which increased the amount of land that could be planted each year

b)

association of people who have a common interest

c)

drawing or pulling, as of a load

d)

to stop

9.

What is a guild?

a)

association of people who have a common interest

b)

drawing or pulling, as of a load

c)

to stop

d)

practice of changing the use of fields over time

10.

What does it mean to draft something?

a)

drawing or pulling, as of a load

b)

to stop

c)

practice of changing the use of fields over time

d)

unplanted

11.

What does it mean to cease doing something?

a)

to stop

b)

practice of changing the use of fields over time

c)

unplanted

d)

system of planting invented in the High Middle Ages which increased the amount of land that could be planted each year