5.1: Trade and the rise of cities

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• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

5.1 Trade and the rise of cities

Agenda for today?

-Learning goals

-Trade and the rise of cities

-asignments

-closing

Learninggoals

At the end of the lesson you can: 

• Explain a reason for the growth of the population in cities from the year 1000.
• Explain why it was advantageous for cities to join the hanseatic league
• Give a reason for the rise of a monetary economy

Middel ages

* 500-1500

* Early: 500-1000

Late: 1000-1500

Improvements in the agriculture

*Horse collar

* Iron plough

* Three-field system

- 1/3 left to rest for a year

Reclaiming

* Wasteland

* Suitable for farming

 * More land for agriculture

When did the late middle ages start?

1. 0
2. 500
3. 1000
4. 1500

What are agricultural improvements in the late middle ages

1. Horse collar, fertilizer and three-field system
2. Horse collar, three-field system and iron plough
3. Fertilizer, iron plough and three-field system
4. Tractor, three-field system and iron plough

New jobs

* More food -> Less farmers

* Left over food -> Markets

* Markets grew into cities

* Rise of craftspeople

Rise of trade

Development of money

Barter economy to a monetary economy

Barter -> exchanging goods for other goods

Monetary -> exchanging goods for money

Disadvantage: Everyone had their own type of money

Cities work together

Hanseatic League

How?

• Agreements on pricing
• Less taxes
• Security

Five statements about the three-field system, determine for every statement if it is correct or incorrect.

The three-field system is a way of agriculture where every three years a field is fallow.

Due to the three-field system the agricultural land became more fertile.

Due to the three-field system the harvests got smaller, because less area was available.

The three-field system was comparable to the manorial system.

Farmers started to use the three-field system in the year 600.

Correct

Correct

Incorrect

Incorrect

Incorrect

Explain what craftpeople mean

Early middle ages

Late middle ages

Agrarian society

Agrarian-urban society

Assignment

Make the assignment of paragraph 5.1

Learninggoals

At the end of the lesson you can: 

• Explain a reason for the growth of the population in cities from the year 1000.
• Explain why it was advantageous for cities to join the hanseatic league
• Give a reason for the rise of a monetary economy