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7th grade How trade, towns and guilds grew in the Middle Ages worksheet

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How trade, towns and guilds grew in the Middle Ages

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Circle the best answer.

1.
Critics and defenders judged guild rules differently. What does the chain help Bo see?
- One cause had a helpful and a harmful effect
- The rules were good for each person and nothing else
- Critics and defenders agreed
- The rules had no effects
2.
Which effect would a guild's defenders point to, Esme asks?
Use the picture in question 1.
- Guilds set no rules
- Goods met the guild's standards
- Newcomers found it hard to compete
- Towns lost their charters
3.
What did a master give an apprentice, Jun asks?
- A workshop of his own to run
- A town charter
- Daily wages
- Food, lodging and training
4.
How was a journeyman paid, Kira asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- With a workshop
- By the day
- With food and lodging, no wages
- With nothing
5.
Which step could run a workshop and take apprentices, Luz asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- Master
- Merchant at a fair
- Journeyman
- Apprentice
6.
Why might a guild limit the number of apprentices, Milo asks?
- To train many more new workers much faster
- To lower quality
- To keep competition down for its masters
- Because apprentices were paid daily
7.
Why would a guild set quality rules, Noah asks?
Use the picture in question 6.
- So buyers could trust the goods
- So goods would break
- So no one would buy
- So prices had no limit
8.
Pia's friend says guilds were good for everyone. What is the best reply?
Use the picture in question 6.
- Not quite: they helped standards but limited competition
- Agree: rules just help
- Disagree: guilds did nothing
- Agree: no one criticized them
9.
Ren's note says, "A journeyman ran the workshop and trained apprentices." Which fix is right?
- Change "apprentices" to "merchants"
- Change "journeyman" to "master"
- Leave it: journeymen were masters
- Change "workshop" to "fair"
10.
Tala's note says, "Guild rules had one effect: better goods." Which fix is right?
- Change "better" to "worse"
- Change it: they also made competing harder
- Change "guild" to "Hansa"
- Leave it: rules have one effect

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About this worksheet

How trade, towns and guilds grew in the Middle Ages. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

I can follow a chain from the three-field system to farm surpluses, markets, towns and charters.
I can read branching chains for the Champagne fairs and the Hanseatic League, where one cause has two effects.
I can explain guild rules' two effects, the debate about them, and the steps from apprentice to journeyman to master.

Standard: D2.Eco.3.6-8 (partial)

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