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| Improved food supply leads to ? | an increase in Europe's population while also requiring less people to farm. |
| How did warmer weather lead to improved agriculture in Western Europe? | It gave a longer growing season. |
| Why was using a horse to plow a field an improvement over oxen? What made this possible? | Horses were twice as fast as oxen. The new harnesses made this possible. |
| What does "fallow" mean? How does th use of the 3 field system decrease the amount of land that lies fallow and increase the food supply? | Fallow means unplanted fields. The 3 field system allowed farmers to use 2/3 of their land each year. |
| Did trade increase or decrease as the Middle Ages moved onward? | Trade increased. |
| Where did most trade take place? What were fairs that were held outside of towns? | Most trade was in towns. The fairs outside of towns sound like market day. |
| What groups organized a lot of the trade fairs? What are these groups similar to today? | The guilds organized many trade fairs. They are similar to unions. |
| Why was baning important ot help make trade possible on a larger basis and over a greater area? | The merchants needed loans to be able to trade on a larger basis and over greater areas. |
| What was usury and why did it being forbidden make trade more diffucult? | User was the sin of charging interest for a loan of money. SInce it was a sin for Christians, people had to go to Jews for loans. |
| As the population increases and trade begins to spread, what happens? | Towns and cities begin to grow again. |
| Were Middle Ages cities small/ large in comparison to largest Roman cities? | Middle Ages cities were smaller than the largest Roman cities. |
| Describe a Middle Ages town? | Most towns were developed badly. Streets were filled with crud. Most houses were wodden, a big fire hazard. |
| Why did Middle Ages towns attract serfs from manors? | Because there were advancement opportunities and more exciting. They could gain freedom in towns. |
| What were Burghers and how do they damage the feudal pyramid? | Burghers were town dwellers. They demanded rights fighting Lords. |
| Where were some early universities located? | In Oxford and Selerano (?sp?). |
| Who made up universities | People made up universities. |
| Who attended the universities and what jobs/ careers were they hoping for? | Sons of burghers/ artisans attended universities. They wanted jobs in government or church. |
| Writers like Danti Alighieri and Geoffrey Chaucer wrote stores about everyday life and they were not in Latin, but in .... | They were in the Vernacular,w hich is the language of their homeland. |
