Unit 6: Paper 2 — Society and Economy (750–1400)
Topic 6.2: The medieval economy Questions
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Choose the correct answer: Which West African empire's wealth, built partly on the trans-Saharan salt-gold trade, was demonstrated by Mansa Musa's 1324 pilgrimage to Mecca?
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Which alliance of northern German towns dominated Baltic and North Sea trade in grain, timber, fish and furs?
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The English word 'cheque' comes from which Islamic written order to pay?
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Which term describes the lending of money at interest, condemned by the medieval Christian Church?
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Under the open-field system, why was each peasant family given scattered strips of land rather than one block?
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Why did the medieval Christian Church condemn usury?
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Which system best describes how farming was organised in medieval Western Europe?
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Around 900, which city was the wealthy capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, possibly holding over a million people?
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Compare and contrast the role of Venice and the Hanseatic League in medieval trade.
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Evaluate the significance of the agricultural revolution for the prosperity of one region you have studied.
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Examine the ways in which the manorial system organised agricultural production in the medieval economy.
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Evaluate the importance of the food surplus in driving medieval economic and social change.
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Choose the correct answer: The triangular sail that let ships sail closer into the wind, borrowed from Arab and Mediterranean sailors, is known as the
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Evaluate the importance of shipbuilding developments in the growth of medieval sea trade between 750 and 1400.
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Discuss the role of the camel in the development of long-distance trade networks between 750 and 1400.
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To what extent was China's Grand Canal the most significant transport development of the period 750 to 1400?
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Compare and contrast the transport developments that supported trade in Western Europe and in Mali between 750 and 1400.
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Examine the reasons for improvements in road and bridge infrastructure in Western Europe between 750 and 1400.
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Evaluate the claim that water transport was more important than land transport to the medieval economy between 750 and 1400.
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Discuss the effects of improved transport on the spread of pilgrimage and ideas between 750 and 1400.
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