Medieval
Projectile weapon used by a large part of the English infantry - it decreased the effectiveness of the cavalry charge
Longbow
Popular hand held gunpowder weapon
Musket
A type of building that allows for exponential productions of goods, and fuels the tremendous economic growth of Britain from 1750-
Factory / Manufactory
Most powerful weapon on the globe
Nuclear / Atomic bomb
Crucial natural resource found in Iraq
Oil / Petroleum
Scottish defensive formation, used at Falkirk
Schiltron
Developed during this period to crush dense infantry formations or castle walls
Canons / Artillery
Type of musket used by the British Army during the Crimean War.
Enfield Rifle
Combined Arms, Blitzkrieg,
Why did Britain fail at Balaclava?
Accept either:
Power of artillery vs horses
or
bad leadership
Name two ways civilians were recruited in the Middle Ages
Indentures
Feudal Summons
Tactic using Volley Fire while gradually retreating to buy time
Name three non-weapon inventions during the Industrial Era that helped armies receive supply and/or information
Railways, Cameras, Steam Ships, Telegraph
(Any of three of these four)
Replaced the horse as a way of quickly supplying armies on the frontline in the absence of a railway
Truck
Studebaker Truck (x2 points)
Name the war the Battle of Waterloo took place in
Napoleonic Wars.
Accept: Revolutionary Wars (half points)
The relationship of power among the various classes during the Middle Ages.
Feudal System / Feudalism / Decentralized Monarchy
Name of Cromwell's "standing army"
New Model Army
Breech-loaded
How many soldiers did Britain (not Empire) mobilize at its peak during World War I? (close to the nearest million)
around 3 million men
List two ways Agincourt changed warfare
Accept any two from:
1. cavalry charge declined
2. supremacy of projectile weapons
3. decline of the nobility
4. importance of defensive terrain
5. importance of infantry for defense
Technical word for a city being surrounded by the enemy during war
Siege
Early Modern process by which noble privileges and lordships are gradually reduced to strengthen government authority and the monarch's direct control.
Accept any or similar: Centralization / Absolutism / Capitalism / Enlightenment / Decline of Feudalism
Prussia
What weapon was used/loaded on submarines, destroyers, or naval bombers, to sink enemy cargo ships
Torpedo
Name three new weapons used during the Battle of the Somme - explain what they each do (for an extra 200 points).
1. Mustard Gas
2. Mines
3. Tanks
(machine guns, artillery, and rifles): half points