Life in Medieval Towns 1

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California State History-Social Studies Standards
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Life in Medieval Towns 7th Grade Standards

1. During the Late Middle Ages, merchants (shopkeepers) and businesspeople hung signs with large pictures over the doors. Why? *

1 point

http://www.electrummagazine.com/2012/10/medieval-guild-signs-and-emblem-traditions-zunftzeichen/

because most people could not read

it was illegal to make signs with words

words on signs were prohibited by the church

it would help horses and oxen, used for transportation, to find the right store or workshop

2. What were the benefits for craftspeople in being members of a guild? *

1 point

https://brewminate.com/the-role-of-guilds-in-the-middle-ages/

guilds maintained high standards for the quality of goods

guilds set fair prices and hours of work

guilds helped take care of members and their families when they were sick and unable to work

all of the above

3. It took years for a young person to learn a trade. Parents sometimes paid the master craftsperson for the chance for their child to serve as a(n) _______________ to a master. *

1 point

https://www.thoughtco.com/medieval-guilds-4147821

journeyman

apprentice

charter

monarch

4. What made it difficult for Jews to prosper during the Middle Ages? *

1 point

many Christian people were violent toward Jews

Jews were not allowed to own land

lords often took property from Jews, or made laws harmful to them

all of the above

5. Which was true about life in medieval towns? *

1 point

https://www.thoughtco.com/medieval-child-surviving-infancy-1789124

about half of the children born died before they became adults

as many girls as boys became master craftspeople

life at home for most people was warm and cozy

all of the above

6. Which was a method of treatment doctors would use with sick people during the disease-filled time of the Middle Ages? *

1 point

https://www.history.com/news/a-brief-history-of-bloodletting

consulting the position of planets

bloodletting, where doctors would open a vein, or apply a leech (worm), to a person's skin to let blood out

perform "magic" charms to change a person's condition

all of the above were treatments that might be used to treat sick people

7. Which was true of people found guilty of serious crimes during the Middle Ages? *

1 point

https://brewminate.com/punishing-criminals-in-the-middle-ages/

they were not punished because there were no prisons

they were often punished or executed in public

they were confined to their own homes as punishment

none of the above

8. Which was an activity people in the Middle Ages enjoyed as entertainment? *

1 point

http://www.lordsandladies.org/entertainment-middle-ages.htm#google_vignette

board games and card games

watching a play with a Bible story or a miracle as its theme

tormenting (mistreating) animals to see how they would react

all of the above

9. What made living in homes in medieval towns far less comfortable than homes of today? *

1 point

https://www.quora.com/What-were-the-houses-like-in-which-medieval-peasant-lived

people dumped trash and human feces into the streets and rivers

people usually bathed only about once a week

windowless homes were filled with smoke from cooking fires and candles

all of the above

10. Why did many towns fight to become independent of the lords who governed them? *

1 point

https://bit.ly/3lQNGSa

because they resented the lords' demands for taxes

because they wanted to hang signs with letters over the doors to their businesses

because they did not like making the same products or doing the same job all day long

because they wanted the king to allow them to live in his castle

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