How trade, towns and guilds grew in the Middle Ages
Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence
Circle the best answer.
Kira's chain has a blank: what did the three-field system lead to first?
- More crops to sell
- Fewer crops each year
- Markets close down
- Towns win charters
Luz's chain has a blank: what grew when there were more crops to sell?
- Markets and towns
- The fallow field
- Forests
- The number of farms left empty
Noah reads that one field was left fallow. What does fallow mean?
- Flooded with river water on purpose
- Sold to a town
- Left unplanted to rest
- Planted twice
Pia reads that towns won charters. What is a charter?
Use the picture in question 3.
- A market stall
- A tax on bread
- A kind of crop
- A written grant of a town's rights
Ren reads the word surplus. What is a farm surplus?
Use the picture in question 3.
- Food that has gone bad
- The food a farm grows in a year
- Extra food that can be sold
- A field left fallow
In the three-field system, how many fields were planted each year, Tala asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- One of the three
- Two of the three
- The three of them
- Not one
Which box in the chain is the last effect, Ari asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- The three-field system
- More crops to sell
- Towns win charters
- Markets close
Why would more crops to sell help towns grow, Bo asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- Towns grew crops in the streets
- Crops made towns smaller
- Markets refused food
- Townspeople could buy food at markets
Why might a town want a charter, Esme asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- To plant more fields
- Because charters were crops
- To have its rights in writing
- To stop trade from coming into the town
Jun's friend says towns grew for one reason: charters. What is the best reply?
Use the picture in question 3.
- Disagree: surpluses and markets came first
- Agree: towns came before farms
- Agree: charters alone did it
- Disagree: towns did not grow