^ Quiz Review: Medieval Towns

During the Middle Ages when a boy started his training to learn a job, he began as

• an apprentice

• a journeyman

• a mastercraftsman

After being an apprentice and learning a job skill, a young man could work as

• an apprentice

• a journeyman

• a mastercraftsman

Someone who is highly skilled at his work and creates a masterpiece that is approved by the guild can become

• an apprentice

• a journeyman

• a mastercraftsman

In the Middle Ages, boys usually had the same job as their fathers. TRUE or FALSE?

• TRUE

• FALSE

To become a mastercraftsman, a man must prove his skill by creating something that shows how good he is. This is called

• a guild

• a masterpiece

• a test

What is a cathedral?

• a castle with many towers

• a very large, very tall Catholic church

• a building in the center of town

Cathedrals, castles, and manor houses were built with stone, but most houses in medieval towns were built with what?

• wood

• mud

• bricks

Choose all the words that describe towns in the Middle Ages.

• dirty
• smelly
• sparkling

• unsanitary
• clean

Choose all the skills girls would learn in the Middle Ages

• cook and sew

• build cathedrals

• use herbs & plants for medicine

• fight with swords

Towns in the Middle Ages were UNSANITARY. Unsanitary means not clean. Why were the towns in the Middle Ages so dirty?

• They had indoor plumbing.

• Garbage and waste was in the streets.

• People liked living in filth.