Lesson 6: Life in Medieval Towns Test

Name

Period

• Period 2
• Period 5

1) Why did towns buy royal charters?

• to keep goods at a stable price
• to set up schools and universities
• to gain independence from feudal lords
• to avoid being controlled by the army

2) If you were a customer who bought shoes from a cobbler, a guild might help you by making sure that

• the business was in a home.
• the members paid their dues.
• the workers were paid fairly.
• the shoes were of good quality.

3) Which word belongs in the empty box?

• customer
• journeyman
• moneylender
• sea merchant

4) Which occupation (job) was more open to Jews than to Christians?

• banker
• landlord
• entertainer
• shopkeeper

5) Which question would best help you predict the job a medieval boy would do when he grew up?

• Where does he live?
• What does his father do?
• How well does he do in school?
• How strong are his arm muscles?

6) Which of these did a girl’s education most often include?

• engineering
• astronomy
• cooking
• mathematics

7) One of the biggest causes of disease in medieval towns was

• unsanitary (dirty) conditions.
• poison in community wells.
• refusal to use herbal medicines.
• lack of care by family members.

8) When someone was accused of a crime, they often faced trial by ordeal or trial by combat. Which of these eventually replaced trial by ordeal or combat?

• King decides on ruling (royal ruling)
• Priests decide on ruling (church ruling)
• Merchants decide on ruling (guild ruling)
• Judge and/or jury decides on ruling (court trials)