How trade, towns and guilds grew in the Middle Ages
Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet
Circle the best answer.
In the fair chain, one box leads to two effects. Which box is it, Pia asks?
- Merchants meet in one place
- No box in the chain leads to two effects
- The fair towns grow busy
- Cloth is traded
In the Hansa chain, protecting trade leads to two effects. What are they, Ren asks?
- Protecting trade led to one effect and no more
- Lübeck closed its port
- Robbery grew
- More towns joined, and trade spread
Why can one cause have two effects, Tala asks?
- One change can set off several results
- Causes do not repeat
- Effects come before causes
- Each cause has exactly one effect, no more
How many Champagne fairs were held each year, Zee asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- One
- Sixty
- Six
- Twelve
Which goods did the fairs link, Ari asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- Grain from Champagne alone
- Silk from China and gold from far-off Africa
- Low Countries cloth and Italian dyers
- Fish from the Baltic
Where did the Hanseatic League begin, Bo asks?
- Troyes and Provins, in Champagne
- Paris
- Lübeck and other North German towns
- Genoa
The fair towns stood where old Roman roads crossed, near rivers. Why would that help a fair, Esme asks?
- Roads kept merchants away
- The Romans themselves held the fairs
- Merchants could reach them easily
- Rivers stopped trade
Why would merchants join together in a league, Jun asks?
- Because each of them lived in Champagne
- To stop trading
- To make robbery easier
- To protect their trade together
Six fairs a year, spread through the year, rotated around Champagne. Why might a cycle of fairs help merchants, Kira asks?
- Merchants could trade once in a lifetime
- Merchants could trade at many times of year
- Fairs banned travel
- Fairs ran at one time together
Luz's note says, "The fairs made the merchants travel there." Which fix is right?
Use the picture in question 9.
- Change it: the fairs drew merchants to meet
- Change "fairs" to "farms"
- Leave it: merchants were forced to travel there
- Change "merchants" to "farmers"