Page 27 - IP3Y 001 Listening Success BT10

A. Listen and answer the following questions. Note taking

1. What is the main idea of this passage? Topic :
the reason for the disappearance of the knight and armor

the technological development of arrows, bolts, and
bullets
Main idea :
different types of military weapons used during the
Middle Ages

military strategy used in warfare during the 14th to 17th
st
centuries 1 Major point :
2. When did the new type of army appear?

the 14th century
the 15th century Details :
the 16th century

the 17th century
3. Which weapon allowed foot soldiers to attack knights
easily?
a joust

nd
a catapult 2 Major point :
a sword
a pike

4. Why did the armor of knights begin to disappear?
Details :
Governments could no longer afford to fully arm a knight

against a new type of army.
The gun was invented and their armor could not protect
them from bullets.
Their armor could not protect them against projectile

weapon like arrows. 3 Major point :
rd
all of the above
B. Check True or False.

1. Even armor that was only 2mm thick could Details :

protect a knight from the kind of bullets

they used in the 15th century.
2. A pike was more expensive than a knight’s

armor.

3. A knight’s armor was very expensive.

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