Middle Ages - Castle siege

what is a palisade

• The outer moat of a castle

• The outer wooden fence of a castle

• A weapon that sends burning fire balls over the castle walls

• Similar to a battering ram

Motte and Bailey castles were

• made out of Stone

• made out of concrete

• made out of cinder blocks

• made out of wood

Battering rams were used

• against doors

• against walls

• against doors and walls

Which of the following is NOT true about a Belfry

• had ladders inside allowing attackers to climb to the top under cover

• was a large battering ram that shielded the soldiers underneath from arrows and oil as they rammed the walls

• was a large structure on wheels that could be pushed up to castle walls

• castle owners prevented attack by the Belfry by piling earth up against castle walls

tunnel underground to the castle walls and set off an explosion making the walls crumble

• catapulting

• baskering

• mining

• seiging