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9.4 SS flash cards
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the period from 1000 - 1300 known as? | The High Middle ages |
| Iron plow | able to plow heavier soils of northern Europe |
| draft horses | harnesses, and horseshoes, faster than oxen, used food better, could pull heavier loads. |
| crop rotation | Helped fields stay fertile three field system protected from starvation if a crop failed. |
| What type of farming did Cistercian monks introduce to many regions of Europe? | sheep farming |
| What was the effect on the economy? | It strengthened the textile, or cloth, industry, and trade . |
| As food became plentiful, what could be done with the surplus crops? | Traded for surplus crops from another area. |
| What did regions become famous for? | Specific manufactured products. |
| What occurred because the nobility and families of wealthy merchants wanted expensive clothes, weaponry and jewelry? | The market for these goods encouraged specilazation in long distance trade. |
| Crusades | Series of holy wars fought against the Muslims in the Holy Land, lasted about 200 years |
| What problem of buying and selling did the development of banking solve? | Bills of exchange eliminated the danger of carrying coins on trade journeys. |
| Two effects of the banking system: | Many Italian families became wealthy Led to the revival of towns and vrban (city) life |
| Why do you think many of the trade routes made use of waterways? | It was easier to move goods on ships than on land, where roads were poor or missing and mountains made travel difficult. |
| which major trade centers profited from their location on crossroads | Toledo Paris |
| As trade revived, what began to grow and be built? | towns |
| What happened to the forests because of the need for wood for heating and cooking, and the need for land for farming? | Loss of a natural resource |
| Who began to set up shops in the towns? | Merchants and craftworkers |
| A demand for goods leads to an increase in | Skilled craftworkers |
| What did artisans with the same skill join to protect their economic interest? | guilds |
| What are two ways guilds protected and supported their members? | Controlled quality of good and services workers and their families were protected |
| Manor Life | smaller population lord lives nearby, protects you self-sufficient |
| Town Life | larger population influences from faraway greater social mobility |
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