2º ESO BILINGUAL: CHECK YOUR ANSWERS UNIT 3 POINT 3

3.- WHY DID CITIES GROW?

2.- Make a diagram about the causes of urban growth.

•  New farming techniques => less work for people => many people had to migrate to cities to find work.              
• A revival in trade => many merchants went to live in the cities where markets were.                                   => peasants went to cities to buy and sell.
• Cities offered peasants a better life => Not controlled by lords.

                                                                                    => All the inhabitants were free.

                                                                                    => every city had its own government, the city                                                                                                   council, directed by a mayor.

                                                                  
3.- Draw a pyramid of society in a medieval city

                                             Merchants
                         Craftsmen, shopkeepers, domestic service
                                           Very poor people

4.- Complete the table about the religious groups in the medieval cities.

Religion                            Groups of people                        Place of the city

Christianity                       Christians                                   Almost all parts of the city.
Judaism                             Jews                                            Jewish quarters
Islam                                 Muslims                                      Moorish quarters


5.- Exercise 1 on page 36

b.- Answer these questions:

• Streets are narrow and messy.
• The Cathedral.
• Outside the walls.
• Walls are surronded by the newest part of the city. Some of the most important buildings inside the walls are used by the administration or for tourism. Some buildings have been restored. Some buildings are very old and abandoned.