Built near this feature to help trade and transportation.
What is a river?
Venice was famous for making this.
What is glass?
Power shifted away from these people in towns.
Who are feudal lords?
A shoemaker in medieval times was called this.
What is a cobbler?
People enjoyed these performances in town squares.
What are plays?
Towns needed this in order to grow during the Middle Ages.
What is enough food?
Flanders was known for producing this.
What is woolen cloth?
Power shifted toward these people.
Who are merchants?
These groups controlled quality and training.
What are guilds?
A mystery play was based on this.
What is the Bible?
Many medieval towns were built near water for this reason.
What is transportation and trade?
Making one type of product very well is called this.
What is specialization?
Merchants often joined these groups to gain power.
What are town councils?
Guilds helped customers by doing this.
What is making sure goods were well made?
This was a common form of medieval entertainment.
What are festivals or fairs?
This helped merchants bring goods into towns.
What are trade routes?

Trading goods without money is called this.
What is barter?
This replaced trial by ordeal and combat.
What are court inquiries?
Guilds protected workers by improving this.
What are working conditions?
People often gathered here for fun and news.
What is the marketplace?
People traveled to towns mainly to do this.
What is buy and sell goods?
This system is based on buying and selling for profit.
What is capitalism?

These helped towns become independent.
What are charters?
Guild members often trained using this system.
What is apprenticeship?
These events combined trade, games, and shows.
What are town fairs?