Economy in MA, Part 1
During the late Middle Ages, banks started to grant more ________ in exchange for interest.
What are loans?
_____________ is defined as animal waste that is used to enrich soil.
What is manure?
The wealth generated through trade paid for ___________ and new weapons for the bourgeoisie.
Who are mercenaries?
During these two centuries, Europe experiences many crises.
What are the 14th and 15th centuries?
This is Jake's favorite color.
What is red?
Members of a _________ were in the same craft and monitored and controlled their practice.
What is guild?
Due to an increase in production and nutrition, the European ____________ doubled in 100 years.
What is population?
Due to development of economy and trade, these locations started to grow.
What are cities?
People were unable to eat due to bad harvests, leading to this.
What is famine?
What are permanent shops?
The most important craft activity was _____________.
What is textile production?
What is livestock?
The bourgeoisie depended on the monarch to guarantee their freedom and _________ to trade in cities.
What is security?
This epidemic started in 1347 and was partly a result of food shortages.
What is the Black Death?
On overland routes, traders held these large markets every year.
What are fairs?
This title refers to an artisan who was paid for his craft.
The creation of this increased the amount of money in circulation, thereby increasing trade.
What is mint?
This term refers to people who lived in cities and worked in crafts and trades.
Who are the bourgeoisie?
The instability of this system led to many conflicts between nobles.
What is the feudal system?
Urban taxes enriched monarchs to increase their _________ power.
What is military?
_____________ were associations of artisans and traders from different cities.
What are leagues?
The _____ ______ system, along with irrigation techniques and the use of manure, were new agricultural tools and practices.
What is three-field?
Appointing greater number of officials to look over their land increased the monarchs' _________ _________.
What is administrative power?
The cultivation of poor-quality land and this type of weather led to bad harvests.
What is adverse weather?
This is Jake's favorite animal.
What is a sea horse?