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2. Trashketball Instructions
Before each question, one person from your group will come up to the front: they are responsible for answering (must be a new person each time)
AFTER hearing the question, they will say “beep” to answer (first beep answers and if they get it wrong, the other team has a chance to answer)
A correct answer means that player can throw the ball in to the trash can to earn an extra point for their team.

3. Trashketball Questions

4. Who were the first people to build castles in England?
Knowledge
Who were the first people to build castles in England?
3 points

5. Most houses in medieval towns had a bathroom and running water.
True/False?
Most houses in medieval towns had a bathroom and running water.
1 point

6. Knowledge
Why were Motte and Bailey castles the first type of castles to be built?
2 points

7. Name one disadvantage of a Square Keep castle.
Knowledge
Name one disadvantage of a Square Keep castle.
1 point

8. Name one advantage of a Concentric castle.
Knowledge
Name one advantage of a Concentric castle.
1 point

9. List five words that could describe life in a medieval town.
5 points

10. True/False?
Any peasant/serf who had run away to live in a town became free if they avoided capture for a year and a day
2 points

11. Name three siege weapons used on castles in the Middle Ages.
Knowledge
Name three siege weapons used on castles in the Middle Ages.
3 points

12. What are some consequences of what is pictured here?
Source
What are some consequences of what is pictured here?
2 points

13. Who was the 100 Years’ War fought between?
Knowledge
Who was the 100 Years’ War fought between?
1 point

14. What did the medieval town charter do?
Knowledge
What did the medieval town charter do?
4 points

15. True/False?
There were frequent truces throughout the 100 Years’ War, and they did not fight in the winter.
1 point

16. What is pictured in this source?
1 point

17. Knowledge
What were guilds?
1 point

18. True/False?
Guilds controlled working conditions, hours of work, and the quality of products.
2 points

19. The use of this weapon made a knight’s armour pretty much useless.
Cause/Consequence
The use of this weapon made a knight’s armour pretty much useless.
2 points

20. Why were guilds important, and what did they do for their members?
Knowledge
Why were guilds important, and what did they do for their members?
4 points

21. What is pictured in this source?
1 point

22. Why is the Peasants’ Revolt Significant?
Significance
Why is the Peasants’ Revolt Significant?
4 points

23. The Black Death is believed to have spread to Europe from Africa.
True/False?
The Black Death is believed to have spread to Europe from Africa.
1 point

24. What were the three positions in a guild?
Knowledge
What were the three positions in a guild?
3 points

25. Medieval people thought that possession by demons caused the plague.
True/False?
Medieval people thought that possession by demons caused the plague.
2 points

26. List the three types of plague.
3 points

27. This type of plague was the most common and least deadly
Knowledge
This type of plague was the most common and least deadly
1 point

28. Explain why trade led to the need for towns.
Cause/Consequence
Explain why trade led to the need for towns.
3 points

29. What is pictured, and what can it tell us about medieval towns?
Source
What is pictured, and what can it tell us about medieval towns?
3 points

30. This type of plague was more contagious than the others.
Knowledge
This type of plague was more contagious than the others.
1 point

31. Knowledge
Which major event in Europe was a factor that led to the Peasants’ Revolt?
1 point

32. What can this source tell us about Europe’s Middle Ages?
3 points

33. True/False?
Fires and the spread of disease were constant threats in medieval towns.
1 point

34. Which event in the Middle Ages greatly influenced/impacted trade?
3 points

35. Where would towns often develop?
Knowledge
Where would towns often develop?
2 points

36. True/False?
Following the Peasants’ Revolt, King Richard II gave the peasants everything they had demanded
2 points

37. This type of plague was the most deadly.
Knowledge
This type of plague was the most deadly.
1 point

38. True/False?
During the Black Death, Jews were persecuted because people thought they were poisoning wells.
2 points

39. True/False?
Most scientists today believe that the bacteria causing the plague was transmitted by fleas on rats.
1 point

40. What does this source tell us about Europe’s Middle Ages??
3 points