Arrows
Of the 2,200 people on board when the Titanic sank, there were only 700 _________.
Survivors
Excalibur is the legendary _________ belonging to King Arthur.
sword
Two of Henry VIII’s six wives were _______, two he divorced, one died during childbirth, and the last one survived.
executed
In 1605, a man called Guy Fawkes attempted to ______________ the British Houses of Parliament with barrels of gunpowder.
blow up
Sword
A __________ is a soldier who usually works alone and specializes in shooting from very long distances. The word originates from the British occupation of India in the 1800s.
sniper
7 In 1066, King Harold was killed by a(n) ________________ which had been fired from a Norman bow.
arrow
____________ were first used in Europe in the 14th century. Originally, they were stone-filled cylinders that could be fired at the enemy.
Cannons
On 8th December 1941, President Roosevelt _____________ war on Japan following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the previous day
declared
Cannon
Designed to protect the head, __________ were first worn in the 23rd century BC
helmets
The total number of _______________ (people killed or injured) caused directly by the First World War is 37.5 million.
casualties
Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale were nurses famous for treating the __________ during the Crimean War.
Troops
The Haitian ______________ was a successful insurrection by self-liberated enslaved people of Haiti against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue, now the sovereign state of Haiti.
revolution
spear
In the Middle Ages, _________ were predominantly used by foot soldiers. These men had to be strong and be very good at throwing.
spears
The United Nations has had peace-keeping _________ in different countries since 1948.
troops/ forces
Napoleon’s army was _______________ by the Russians during the Napoleonic Wars. He suffered huge losses mainly because of the cold weather and tactical errors.
defeated
On 11 September 1973, after an extended period of social unrest and political tension between the opposition-controlled Congress and the socialist President, as well as economic war ordered by U.S President Richard Nixon, a group of military officers led by General Augusto Pinochet seized power in a military ___________, ending civilian rule.
coup
Shield
A ____________ was used to protect a soldier’s body until weapons using gunpowder made them obsolete
shield
Since the 1980s, it’s believed that 90% of the victims of modern war are ___________people who don’t fight).
civilians
Aung San Suu Kyi was ______________ in 2010 after having been under house arrest since 1989.
released
After the siege of Constantinople in 1204, the Crusaders __________ the city and transferred its riches to Italy.
Looted