How trade, towns and guilds grew in the Middle Ages

Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet

Circle the best answer.

2. 1.

   Why can one cause have two effects, Tala asks?

   • Causes do not repeat
   • Each cause has exactly one effect, no more
   • One change can set off several results
   • Effects come before causes
3. 2.

   How many Champagne fairs were held each year, Zee asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • Six
   • Sixty
   • One
   • Twelve
4. 3.

   Which goods did the fairs link, Ari asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • Low Countries cloth and Italian dyers
   • Silk from China and gold from far-off Africa
   • Fish from the Baltic
   • Grain from Champagne alone
5. 4.

   Where did the Hanseatic League begin, Bo asks?

   • Paris
   • Genoa
   • Lübeck and other North German towns
   • Troyes and Provins, in Champagne
6. 5.

   The fair towns stood where old Roman roads crossed, near rivers. Why would that help a fair, Esme asks?

   • Merchants could reach them easily
   • Roads kept merchants away
   • The Romans themselves held the fairs
   • Rivers stopped trade
7. 6.

   Why would merchants join together in a league, Jun asks?

   • To make robbery easier
   • Because each of them lived in Champagne
   • To stop trading
   • To protect their trade together
9. 7.

   Six fairs a year, spread through the year, rotated around Champagne. Why might a cycle of fairs help merchants, Kira asks?

   • Fairs ran at one time together
   • Fairs banned travel
   • Merchants could trade at many times of year
   • Merchants could trade once in a lifetime
10. 8.

    Luz's note says, "The fairs made the merchants travel there." Which fix is right?

    Use the picture in question 7.

    • Change "fairs" to "farms"
    • Leave it: merchants were forced to travel there
    • Change it: the fairs drew merchants to meet
    • Change "merchants" to "farmers"
11. 9.

    Milo's note says, "The Hansa started with nearly 200 towns." Which fix is right?

    • Change "200" to "2"
    • Change it: the league grew to many towns over time
    • Leave it: the number 200 is in the chain
    • Change "towns" to "fairs"
12. 10.

    Noah's note says, "Each fair led to one effect only." Which fix is right?

    • Change "fair" to "field"
    • Leave it: one cause, one effect
    • Change it: the fairs had two effects
    • Change "effect" to "cause"