Chapter 9 Test

An economic system based on the private ownership of the means of producing goods and services.

• Capitalism
• Journeyman
• Alchemy
• Troubadour

A philosophy saying that faith could be achieved through logical reasoning.

• Capitalism
• Scholasticism
• Journeyman
• Alchemy

A poet-musician who wandered from castle to castle singing songs of love and adventure.

• Journeyman
• Capitalism
• Scholasticism
• Troubadour

An early form of chemistry in which scientists tried to change inferior metals into gold.

• Capitalism
• Alchemy
• Troubadour
• Scholasticism

A rank in a guild of one who has learned the craft or trade.

• Journeyman
• Alchemy
• Troubadour
• Scholasticism

Before trade and commerce was revived, which of the following was not a reason trade was bad?

• Lack of a strong central government to protect property and people.
• Roads were poor, or had a toll to use them.
• Not enough people had money.
• Nobody wanted what other people had.

The crusades, which were originally meant to convert people, helped trade grow by bringing back foreign goods.

• True
• False

Bigger ships made it harder to go to different places, meaning trade was not possible in the Middle Ages.

• True
• False

Many people were moving from ________ to look for better job opportunities in the ____________.

• the city; cities
• the city: manors
• the manors; city
• the manors; manors

Many guilds would be able to control all of the following except...

• the weather.
• the rules and standards of a craft.
• the product supply.
• how difficult it was to join one.