How trade, towns and guilds grew in the Middle Ages
Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me
Circle the best answer.
In the guild chain, the guild's rules lead to two effects. What are they, Ari asks?
- Just one effect
- Rules ended guilds
- Goods met standards, and competing got harder
- Prices fell to zero
Critics and defenders judged guild rules differently. What does the chain help Bo see?
Use the picture in question 1.
- The rules had no effects
- Critics and defenders agreed
- The rules were good for each person and nothing else
- One cause had a helpful and a harmful effect
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
- Goods met the guild's standards
- Towns lost their charters
Which step could run a workshop and take apprentices, Luz asks?
- Journeyman
- Apprentice
- Merchant at a fair
- Master
Why might a guild limit the number of apprentices, Milo asks?
- To keep competition down for its masters
- To lower quality
- Because apprentices were paid daily
- To train many more new workers much faster
Why would a guild set quality rules, Noah asks?
Use the picture in question 5.
- So buyers could trust the goods
- So no one would buy
- So goods would break
- So prices had no limit
Pia's friend says guilds were good for everyone. What is the best reply?
Use the picture in question 5.
- Agree: no one criticized them
- Not quite: they helped standards but limited competition
- Agree: rules just help
- Disagree: guilds did nothing
Ren's note says, "A journeyman ran the workshop and trained apprentices." Which fix is right?
- Change "journeyman" to "master"
- Change "workshop" to "fair"
- Change "apprentices" to "merchants"
- Leave it: journeymen were masters
Tala's note says, "Guild rules had one effect: better goods." Which fix is right?
- Leave it: rules have one effect
- Change "guild" to "Hansa"
- Change it: they also made competing harder
- Change "better" to "worse"
Zee's note says, "An apprentice was paid by the day." Which fix is right?
- Change "An apprentice" to "A journeyman"
- Leave it: apprentices earned wages daily from the start
- Change "paid" to "crowned"
- Change "day" to "year"