How trade, towns and guilds grew in the Middle Ages

Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

2. 1.

   In the guild chain, the guild's rules lead to two effects. What are they, Ari asks?

   • Prices fell to zero
   • Just one effect
   • Rules ended guilds
   • Goods met standards, and competing got harder
3. 2.

   Critics and defenders judged guild rules differently. What does the chain help Bo see?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • One cause had a helpful and a harmful effect
   • The rules had no effects
   • Critics and defenders agreed
   • The rules were good for each person and nothing else
4. 3.

   Which effect would a guild's defenders point to, Esme asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • Newcomers found it hard to compete
   • Guilds set no rules
   • Towns lost their charters
   • Goods met the guild's standards
6. 4.

   How was a journeyman paid, Kira asks?

   • With food and lodging, no wages
   • By the day
   • With nothing
   • With a workshop
7. 5.

   Which step could run a workshop and take apprentices, Luz asks?

   Use the picture in question 4.

   • Apprentice
   • Master
   • Journeyman
   • Merchant at a fair
9. 6.

   Why would a guild set quality rules, Noah asks?

   • So no one would buy
   • So buyers could trust the goods
   • So prices had no limit
   • So goods would break
10. 7.

    Pia's friend says guilds were good for everyone. What is the best reply?

    Use the picture in question 6.

    • Agree: rules just help
    • Not quite: they helped standards but limited competition
    • Disagree: guilds did nothing
    • Agree: no one criticized them
11. 8.

    Ren's note says, "A journeyman ran the workshop and trained apprentices." Which fix is right?

    • Leave it: journeymen were masters
    • Change "workshop" to "fair"
    • Change "apprentices" to "merchants"
    • Change "journeyman" to "master"
12. 9.

    Tala's note says, "Guild rules had one effect: better goods." Which fix is right?

    • Leave it: rules have one effect
    • Change "better" to "worse"
    • Change "guild" to "Hansa"
    • Change it: they also made competing harder
13. 10.

    Zee's note says, "An apprentice was paid by the day." Which fix is right?

    • Change "day" to "year"
    • Change "paid" to "crowned"
    • Leave it: apprentices earned wages daily from the start
    • Change "An apprentice" to "A journeyman"