Questions/Answers On "Castle"


1. Who were the people dependent upon?  The people were dependent upon a lord.


2. Where did they choose to build? And why? They choose to build on a rock, because they thought it would be easily to escape.


3. What was the first ring of the castle called?  The first ring of the castle was called "Inner Curtain."


4. How long will the walls be on the outer curtain? On the outer curtain it will be 300 ft long.


5. How thick was the inner curtain? How high? The inner curtain was 35 ft high with 54 high tower.

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7. What's the center of the inner ward? In the center of the inner ward they have the living quarters for yourself and Lady Cathrine.



8. How many entrances in the town hall? How are they protected?
There are 3 entrances in the town hall.

9. Why did people move to towns? People moved to towns because they felt it was more safe there.


10. What were the walls filled with?  The walls are filled with rubble materials and scaffolding supported by put gloves.



11. How are the windows designed, starting from the bottom to the top of the towers? The windows near the bottom of walls must be small enough so that enemy solider can be harmful to all the windows will be protected by iron grids, closed by wooden shutters inside. 

12. What are the crenelations used for? The crenelations were used for having a margin or contour with shallow.


13. Why are the gate houses not lined up from the inner to the outer ward? The gate houses are not lined up from the inner to outer ward because you can shoot from two walls. 


14. How are the towers level divided? The towers are divided by lowest one, the basement level.


15. What defenses are in gate houses? The defenses in a gate house is most valuable, lowed to block the enterce, insert wooden door.


16. What are the building made from?  The buildings was made of mud and wax.


17. What lived on the bottom floor of the barracks? The top? On the top was a slate roof and down in the bottom was where the soldiers were.


18. What is a garderobe? A garderobe is a lavatory in a medieval building.


19. Why were nicer rooms higher in the towns? There was nicer rooms in the towns because it was meant for special guests, it was also a safer place.


20. How thick were the walls? The walls were about 8 ft thick. 


21. What was used to heat the rooms? To heat the rooms they used fire.



22. How many rooms were in a tower? In a tower there were 



23. What was the most important room in a castle? In a castle the most important room was 


24. How did peasants live? Peasants lived in shacks (huts).



25. What was the main material that was used to build medieval homes? The main material that was used to build medieval homes was wattle and daub.


26. What is a wattle? What is a daub? A wattle is a wooden lattices sticks. A daub is a mixture of mud.


27. Why did people settle in towns? People settled in towns because they had more profit selling cows and sheep.


28. What was the best location in a town? The best location in a town was in a house.



29. What were the floors(bottom) made of? The bottom of the floor was made of ground dirt. 



30. What were the windows covered with?  The windows were covered with sheepskin.

31. What was the main source of heat and light?  The main source of heat and light was fire.


32.Why would no one want to be live behind the butcher shop? No one wanted to live behind the butcher shop because the enemies lived near there.

33. What does a barber do? A barbers jobs is to 


34. Are the sewers? No, they did not have sewers.


35, Are the toilets? Yes, there are toilets.


36. Where does the waste go? The waste goes to a tunnel leading to the ground