Deck 5: Feudalism to Capitalism in England

Question 1

Whats defention of terms:
-capital

Answer 1

materials, buildings, and equipment used in the production of goods and services

Question 2

Whats defention of terms:
-commercial farming

Answer 2

production of food for the market

Question 3

Whats defention of terms:
-commons

Answer 3

land where peasants could collect wood, graze animals, and receive other benefits

Question 4

Whats defention of terms:
-growth

Question 5

Whats defention of terms:
-market capitalism

Question 6

Whats defention of terms:
-monopoly

Question 7

Whats defention of terms:
-profit

Question 8

Explain the effect of the merchant class on feudal society.
-What is the role of merchants in the early Middle Ages?

Question 9

Explain the effect of the merchant class on feudal society.
-Why did towns become increasingly important in this period? How did this impact trade?

Question 10

Explain the effect of the merchant class on feudal society.
-What were some problems for early merchants trying to conduct trade?

Question 11

Understand the reasons for the shift from subsistence farming to commercial farming.
-Discuss the reasons for technological stagnation in feudal society.

Question 12

Understand the reasons for the shift from subsistence farming to commercial farming.
-What role did the plagues that swept Europe play in changing the relationship of serfs and lords?

Question 13

Understand the reasons for the shift from subsistence farming to commercial farming.
-Why did feudal lords slowly lose power over the peasant class?

Question 14

Understand the reasons for the shift from subsistence farming to commercial farming.
-What is the commons and why was it important to the peasants? Why did the lords enclose the commons? What was the effect of enclosure of the commons on the peasants?

Question 15

Understand the reasons for the shift from subsistence farming to commercial farming.
-Describe the emergence of a market in land to lease. What impact does this have on farming?

Question 16

Understand the reasons for the shift from subsistence farming to commercial farming.
-How does the change to farming for the market (commercial farming) change the productivity of farming?

Question 17

Understand the reasons for the shift from subsistence farming to commercial farming.
-Discuss how changes in the productivity of farming impact the growth of cities.

Question 18

Understand the reasons for the shift from subsistence farming to commercial farming.
-Who made up the peasant class in the cities?

Question 19

Comprehend the connection of the emergence of capitalism and the English Revolution.
-What are the remnants of feudalism present in the seventeenth century? Why is this a problem?

Question 20

Comprehend the connection of the emergence of capitalism and the English Revolution.
-Who are the three groups of people important to the English Revolution? Why?

Question 21

Comprehend the connection of the emergence of capitalism and the English Revolution.
-How did the change in relative power of different classes lead to struggle between the classes?

Question 22

List and explain the four features of capitalism.
-Discuss each of the distinguishing features of capitalism in the four institutions.

Question 23

List and explain the four features of capitalism.
-Compare and contrast the features of prehistoric communal society, slavery, feudalism and capitalism. How are they similar and how are they different?

Question 24

Understand the rise and impacts of the Industrial Revolution.
-What was the first major industry in England? What factors enabled the development of this industry?

Question 25

Understand the rise and impacts of the Industrial Revolution.
-How did the institutions of capitalism facilitate the Industrial Revolution?

Question 26

Understand the rise and impacts of the Industrial Revolution.
-What are some of the social costs of the Industrial Revolution?

Question 27

Understand the rise and impacts of the Industrial Revolution.
-Why did workers attempt to organize unions?

Question 28

Understand the rise and impacts of the Industrial Revolution.
-Compare and contrast life in England before the Industrial Revolution (c. 1750) to life in the latter part of the nineteenth century.

Question 29

During the early middle ages, each feudal manor

A) produced a large surplus for sale to nearby towns.
B) traded with other feudal manors.
C) was largely self-sufficient.
D) produced a variety of commodities for sale in local or long distance markets.

Question 30

Capitalism is defined as

A) an economic system based on production for markets.
B) an economic system based on environmental sustainability.
C) an economic system based on communal ownership of the means of production.
D) an economic system based on serfdom.

Question 31

Subsistence farming is defined as

A) production of a crop for sale in a market.
B) production of crops that can be used for food.
C) producing crops for one's own use
D) producing a portion of crops for one's own use and a portion for the landowner.

Question 32

The book states that the medieval guild was an integral part of feudalism. What was a medieval guild?

A) a group of employees join an organization which then bargains on their behalf with management over wages and working conditions.
B) A group of skilled craftsmen join an organization which establishes standards in their craft and sets prices.
C) a group of feudal lords join together to wage wars on behalf of the monarchy.
D) a group of merchants join together to generally promote business and commercial activities in a city or town.

Question 33

The dominant ideology of feudalism was

A) community togetherness and equality
B) racism, sexism, and classism.
C) Christian paternalism.
D) Market distributes income justly.

Question 34

The dominant ideology of capitalism is

A) community togetherness and equality
B) racism, sexism, and classism.
C) Christian paternalism.
D) Market distributes income justly.

Question 35

The key characteristic of social institutions in a communal society is

A) consensus of group
B) rule by masters in all social institutions.
C) rule by lord in all social institutions.
D) democratic forms, but wealth dominates all institutions.

Question 36

The key characteristic of social institutions under feudalism is

A) consensus of group
B) rule by masters in all social institutions.
C) rule by lord in all social institutions.
D) democratic forms, but wealth dominates all institutions.

Question 37

The key characteristic of social institutions under capitalism is

A) consensus of group
B) rule by masters in all social institutions.
C) rule by lord in all social institutions.
D) democratic forms, but wealth dominates all institutions.

Question 38

What is the technology that characterizes early communal societies?

A) Early stone tools; hunting and gathering.
B) stone to iron tools; farming and herding.
C) iron tools; very slow technological change.
D) industrial revolution.

Question 39

What is the technology that characterizes feudalism?

A) Early stone tools; hunting and gathering.
B) stone to iron tools; farming and herding.
C) iron tools; very slow technological change.
D) industrial revolution.

Question 40

What is the technology that characterizes capitalism?

A) Early stone tools; hunting and gathering.
B) stone to iron tools; farming and herding.
C) iron tools; very slow technological change.
D) industrial revolution.

Question 41

The industrial revolution in England occurred

A) from the late 15^th century to the mid 17^th century.
B) from the late 17^th century to the mid 18^th century.
C) from the late 18^th century to the mid 19^th century.
D) from the late 19^th century to the mid 20^th century.

Question 42

Profit is defined as

A) the amount of money received from selling a good in the market.
B) the amount of money received from selling minus the cost of producing the good.
C) the cost of the next best alternative.
D) the amount of money received from working.

Question 43

The transition from feudalism to capitalism in England was fueled by class conflict between

A) masters and slaves.
B) feudal lords against the merchants and crafts people
C) merchants against the serfs and feudal lords.
D) feudal lords against the merchants, crafts people and serfs.