Question

Which of the following most directly contributed to peasants’ inability to build wealth?(1 point)
Responses

Since manors were self-sufficient, peasants did not need to build wealth.
Since manors were self-sufficient, peasants did not need to build wealth.

Peasants were not allowed to pass down an inheritance.
Peasants were not allowed to pass down an inheritance.

Peasants were required to tithe 90 percent of what they earned to lords.
Peasants were required to tithe 90 percent of what they earned to lords.

Only one common currency was used.

Answer 1

Since manors were self-sufficient, peasants did not need to build wealth.

Explanation: The manorial, subsistence-based economy offered little opportunity or incentive to produce surplus for market or accumulate capital, and heavy obligations to lords and the Church also limited savings.