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Castle Vocab

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A wall with gaps along the top for firing arrows through

a)

Battlement

b)

Portcullis

c)

Screen

d)

Garderobe

2.

The strongest and tallest place in the castle

a)

Keep

b)

Bailey

c)

Moat

d)

Gartderobe

3.

A deep ditch around a castle filled with water

a)

Portcullis

b)

Motte

c)

Moat

d)

Battlement

4.

An extra strong gatehouse

a)

Bailey

b)

Garderobe

c)

Keep

d)

Barbican

5.

A courtyard in which the buildings stood

a)

Tower

b)

Bailey

c)

Keep

d)

Motte

6.

A mound of earth on which keeps were built in early Norman castles

a)

Moat

b)

Motte

c)

Portcullis

d)

Bailey

7.

A tough iron gate

a)

Battlement

b)

Portcullis

c)

Drawbridge

d)

Garderobe

8.

A huge catapult

a)

Siege tower

b)

Tortoise

c)

Battering ram

d)

Trebuchet

9.

A covered ladder for climbing walls

a)

Mangonel

b)

Siege tower

c)

Trebuchet

d)

Underminer

10.

When an army surrounds a castle and waits for the enemy to surrender

a)

Greek fire

b)

Stage

c)

Siege

d)

Undermine

11.

To dig beneath a castle's walls to make them collapse

a)

Climb

b)

Scale

c)

Undermine

d)

Siege

12.

Used by soldiers to protect them as they dug under a castle’s walls

a)

Battering ram

b)

Tortoise

c)

Garderobe

d)

Mangonel

13.

Place in the castle where you would collect water

a)

Solar

b)

Barbican

c)

Well

d)

Chapel

14.

The name for a toilet area

a)

Solar

b)

Portcullis

c)

Garderobe

d)

Moat

15.

To be stronger, how did the shape of towers change?

a)

Round to square

b)

Square to triangle

c)

Square to round

d)

Round to triangle

16.

Funny guy in the castle

a)

Gong farmer

b)

Jester

c)

Sheriff

d)

Knight

17.

The place where the forgotten prisoner was left

a)

Solar

b)

Chapel

c)

Oubliette

d)

Barbican

18.

The direction that most spiral staircases went in?

a)

Clockwise

b)

Anti-clockwise

19.

The person who cleans out the toilets

a)

Constable

b)

Gong farmer

c)

Jester

d)

Lord

20.

The name of the most advanced castles that had two sets of walls, one higher than the other, and towers on each corner.

a)

Sand

b)

Motte and Bailey

c)

Concentric

d)

Keep