TCI Life in Medieval Towns

Question 1

Death by hanging was considered to be "entertainment" during this period?

Accepted Answer

B. True, A. True

Question 2

These people, in Medieval times, suffered from abuse and became bankers...

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A. Jews.

Question 3

Which game played today was popular in medieval towns?

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C. badminton

Question 4

Which word belongs in the blank below? Feudal Lords lost power to ______?________.

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D. merchants

Question 5

Which occupation was more open to Jews than to Christians?

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A. banker

Question 6

Why did towns buy royal charters?

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C. to gain independence from feudal lords

Question 7

Out of these options, who was most likely to read?

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B. Monk

Question 8

Which of these eventually replaced trial by ordeal or combat?

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B. court trials

Question 9

Medieval towns were clean places to live with excellent health conditions.

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B. False, D. False

Question 10

Common law developed out of a growing body of

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C. decisions by judges.

Question 11

Which of these did a girl’s education most often include?

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B. cooking

Question 12

The beginning Middle Ages most people lived in the country, by the 12th century ___had emerged.

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B. towns

Question 13

How did the nature of trade goods change over the course of the Middle Ages?

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A. from imported luxury goods to more local items

Question 14

Which word belongs in the blank? Apprentice ____?_______ Master Craftsman

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B. journeyman

Question 15

In addition to new farming methods, another reason for the growth of towns was

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B. revival of long-distance trade.

Question 16

What were Medieval homes like on the inside?

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C. Smokey, cold, and dim

Question 17

Apprentices proved to a guild that they had mastered their trade by ...

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A. showing them their masterpiece.

Question 18

What is Trial by Ordeal?

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B. Person had to pass dangerous task that would prove guilt

Question 19

Which term describes these relationships? • Flanders: woolen cloth..... Venice: glass

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D. specialization

Question 20

Which question would best help you predict the job a medieval boy would do when he grew up?

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B. What does his father do?

Question 21

One of the biggest causes of disease in medieval towns was

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A. unsanitary conditions. .

Question 22

What were the two main types of guilds in the Middle Ages?

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B. merchant guilds and craft guilds

Question 23

The "black death" was no big deal? Many people survived this sickness.

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B. False, B. False

Question 24

How did new farming methods contribute to the growth of medieval European towns?

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C. Enough crops were grown to sell to people in towns.

Question 25

You're a customer who bought shoes from a cobbler, a guild might help you by making sure that

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D. the shoes were of good quality.

Question 26

There was garbage collection in Medieval towns?

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D. False, B. False

Question 27

How did merchants gain political power?

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C. They would become members of Town Councils

TCI Life in Medieval Towns

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