How did the rise of commercialism in Western Europe affect labor specialization?
What will be an ideal response?
With the revival of town and trade came more merchant opportunities, particularly in conjunction with the increased surplus of agriculture. New economic opportunities abounded in textiles, luxury goods, and personal items. The growth of towns meant increased construction of buildings, roads, and bridges. Specialization of labor, both artisanal and general, occurred in towns and cities and saw the formation of guilds to regulate trade and production. Guilds for skilled work set guidelines for pay, standards of work, representation to municipal authorities, established apprenticeships to ensure appropriate standards of training as well as limitation of membership. In some cities, guilds effectively became municipal governments as trade decisions dominated politics, alliances, and urban planning.
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French motives in the New World included the desire to
a. establish agricultural communities to produce profitable staple crops. b. convert Indians to Protestantism. c. compete with Spain for an empire in America. d. provide a place for French religious dissenters to settle. e. compete with Portugal for an empire in America.
Robert La Follette worked closely with
a. city bosses. b. big industrialists. c. Philetus Sawyer. d. the University of Wisconsin. e. the Democrats.
What were the reasons why Arab intellectuals and all Arab states in Middle East stridently opposed to the establishment of an independent Jewish state in Palestine? What were the counterarguments posed by advocates of the Zionist movement? What were the short-term and long-term consequences of the failure to resolve the “Palestine problem” in 1948?
What will be an ideal response?
Why were men like Edmund Campion so opposed to Queen Elizabeth’s rule in England?
a) They viewed Elizabeth as a heretical Protestant. b) They opposed any woman who ruled, believing only men should do so. Consider This: Who was Queen Elizabeth’s mother? See 1.6: Narrative: England’s Diamond. c) They believed that the lords of England should elect their ruler. Consider This: Who was Queen Elizabeth’s mother? See 1.6: Narrative: England’s Diamond. d) They thought the solution to Protestantism in England was direct rule by the pope. Consider This: Who was Queen Elizabeth’s mother? See 1.6: Narrative: England’s Diamond.