The Key Words

Question 0

Curtain walls

Answer 0

We’re the outer layer of the castle.

Question 1

Battlements

Answer 1

We’re at the top of the keep.all day long,soldiers kept guard on the battlements, watching for any. Enemy’s.

Question 2

Turrets

Answer 2

We’re strong towers along the walls.

Question 3

Drawbridge

Answer 3

To keep the enemy’s out.

Question 4

Portcullis

Answer 4

Was an iron grille that could lowered. In front of the gate .

Question 5

Ramparts

Answer 5

Ran along the top of all the walls.the were wide enough for the soldiers to walk in.

Question 6

Moat

Answer 6

Was the ditch around the castle that was filled of water.often it was part of a nearby river or stream.

Question 7

Courtyard/bailey

Answer 7

In front of the keep was a open space called the courtyard or bailey in Ireland it was also called a bawn.

Question 8

Latrines

Answer 8

We’re the toilets of the castle.they were usually in the corner of one of the towers in the keep.

Question 9

Motte

Answer 9

It was built on a very small hill.

Question 10

The keep

Answer 10

We’re the lords family lived.

Question 11

Fair green

Answer 11

The highlight of the year was the annual fair which was held on the fair green outside the walls.

Question 12

Toll

Answer 12

Tolls were a tax that people had to pay at the town’s gates.

Question 13

Curfew

Answer 13

The houses were made out of wood so there was strict rules about fire safety at sunset the church bells rang to mark the arrival of the curfew .

Question 14

Leprosy

Answer 14

People seldom washed them selfs they all had fleas many suffer from skin diseases common one leprosy.

Question 15

Black Death

Answer 15

The streets were very dirty black rats came aboard ships and infected people with diseases people would of died very quickly.

Question 16

Plague

Answer 16

A plague raged in Europe,which is thought to wipe out one third of the population.

Question 17

Charter

Answer 17

A legal document granted by the king that allowed people to run there own towns.

Question 18

Corporation

Answer 18

Under the charter,the citizens could elect a council or corporation to run their towns.

Question 19

Keep

Answer 19

Was the main building in the castle.this was where The Lord and lady and there family and soldiers lived.the windows were narrow so the enemy’s could fire or get in.

Question 19

Guilds

Answer 19

Every crafts person who worked in a town had to belong to a guild.There was a baker’s guild,a carpenter’s guild and so on.