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1
Q

What do you call a fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East by the nobility?

A

A Castle

2
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What do you call a tower that was wheeled across the wall so arrows could be fired down into the castle?

A

A belfry tower

3
Q

What was a catapult or a trebuchet used for?

A

To fire rocks, dung or rotting animals into the castle.

4
Q

What does a ballista do?

A

It fires burning arrows into the castle?

5
Q

What does a battering ram do?

A

You use it to break down walls.

6
Q

What is a mantel?

A

A large shield to protect soldiers.

7
Q

What were the methods used to attack the castle?

A

Belfry tower, catapults, ballista, battering ram and mantels. Also, poison the water supply, starvation, ladders.

8
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Other than defence, what was a castle used for?

A

As the home for the lord, his family, servants, and soldiers.

9
Q

What is a ditch surrounding the castle filled with water or stakes?

A

Moat

10
Q

What is a gate that could be raised or lowered?

A

Drawbridge

11
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What is a stone tower - the strongest part of the castle?

A

The Keep

12
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What is a stone wall surrounding a castle?

A

The Curtain Wall

13
Q

What are wooden defences built on the town called?

A

The Hoardings.

14
Q

What are murder holes?

A

Holes in the walls used to drop boiling water on the enemy?

15
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What are machicolations?

A

Holes to drop things onto the enemy.

16
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What is an indentation in the castle walls used to fire arrows from called?

A

Crenel

17
Q

Name some castle defences? (Things used to defend a castle.)

A

Most, drawbridge, loopholes, hoardings, murder holes, and the keep.

18
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Where were castles built?

A

On a cliff or hill or on islands or lakes.

19
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Why were castles built on a hill?

A

So attackers had to go uphill.

20
Q

Why were castles built on an island or lake?

A

So they had water and attackers would sink in the water or mud.

21
Q

What is a concentric castle?

A

A castle with two or more curtain walls around it. The inner one is higher and the outer is lower.