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Life In The Medieval Towns
Life In The Medieval Towns
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This is a Quiz about life in the Middle Ages. Good luck and have fun!! :) #lifeinthemedievaltowns
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1
Most people lived in the Countryside, by the 12th century, ___________ had emerged.
Convents
Churches
Farms
Towns
2
When the towns became wealthier how did city dwellers feel about feudal lords?
They desired to start joint business with their lords
They resented tax demands and feudal rights
They felt they didn't raise enough money
All of the above.
3
What were the two main types of guilds in the Middle Ages?
A feudal guilds and farming guilds
business guilds and shop guilds
merchant guilds and craft guilds
royal guilds and dweller guilds
4
What is true about the towns from the Late Middle Ages?
Towns were often narrow
Towns were protected by stone walls
All of the above
Towns often smelled like garbage
5
In England the decisions of royal judges helped lead to a system of
combat trials
common law
noble courts
criminal jails
6
Improvements in agriculture helped towns grow. This is because agriculture... (Finish Sentence)
Resulted in crop surpluses that could be said
caused all classes in society to be wealthy
Required farmers to have good education
Made all other merchants lose a lot of money
7
Why did the people believe that trial by combat showed whether a person was innocent or guilty?
They believed that physical weakness showed innocence
They believed god would make sure the right party
all of the above
they believed it would make a guilty person confess
8
Period of European history between ancient and modern times is called what?
Light Ages
Dark Ages
Middle Ages
Crazy Ages
9
The middle ages began after the collapse of the what?
Roman Empire
The Building
Old Building
Hagia Sophia
10
Which of the following is true about poor families' homes during the middle ages?
houses in poor neighborhoods had solars
windows would be made of thin glass
multiple families sometimes shared a home
all of the above
11
Period of European history between ancient and modern times is called what?
Middle Ages
Crazy Ages
Light Ages
Dark Ages
12
The most feared disease of the middle ages
bubonic plague
small pox
scarlet fevers
measles
13
Why were merchants usually mayor or on town councils?
Merchants were usually also feudal lords
Merchants began overthrowing elected officials
Merchants had grown wealthy and powerful
Merchants often used bribery and blackmail
14
Which of the following is an example of a mystery play?
A group of older women performing Saint's lives.
A group of gypsies traveling to towns to perform plays.
Circle of folk artists acting and mumming about fairy takes.
A boat-building guild acting out story of Noah and his arc.
15
Which of the following is something a medieval person might do as a leisurely activity?
Go to a miracle play
A play chess of checkers
Watch animal baiting
All of the above
16
The Roman Empire split into two parts. What were these two groups named?
Water and Land Empires
Blue and Greens
France and England
Western and Eastern Empires
17
Foreigners were called what
Barbarians
Outsiders
Traders
People
18
How did guilds protect and provide for their members?
they controlled work hours
they dealt with complaints
They set their goods' prices
All of the above
19
Why was disease so widespread during the middle ages
disease was used as punishment
towns were overcrowded and dirty
people often did attend school
towns were often underpopulated
20
Many town purchased royal charters to gain independence. A charter granted them the right to
replace, terminate, and hire feudal lords
elect nobles, church officials, and bishops
make laws, raise taxes, and govern themselves
buy land, sell land, and rule over feudal lords
21
In the middle ages, at about what age did people usually start preparing for their adult roles.
Twenty
Seven
Fifteen
Three
22
People generally believed in...
a mobile society in which everyone moved around
a fair society in which there was no high or low class
a just society in which class was based on education
an orderly society in which everyone knew their place
23
The people that suffered from abuse because they were bankers and moneylenders were the
Nuns
Lords
Guilds
Jews
24
Apprentices proved to a guild that they had mastered their trade by
showing them their masterpiece
selling their items in a market
paying high taxes to the guild
competing in a guild contest
25
Medieval doctors usually believed in a combination treatment of...
Isolation and pleading
mediatation and leeches
prayer and medicine
surgical and thought
