Development of Warfare

Question 1

1363 longbow

Answer 1

Edward III states training should occur every Sunday for men 16 - 65

Question 2

1460 Cannon

Answer 2

King James II of Scotland killed by his own cannon - unreliable

Question 3

Falkirk

Answer 3

1298 William Wallace and Edward I

Question 4

Agincourt bows

Answer 4

100,000 arrows a minute

Question 5

Matchlock Musket Creation

Answer 5

1550s

Question 6

Brown Bess

Answer 6

1720 muzzleloaded

Question 7

BRASS

Answer 7

Breech loading
Rifling
Ammunition
Steel casting
Smokeless powder

Question 8

Cannon at waterloo

Answer 8

252

Question 9

Cannon at Naseby

Answer 9

8 on each side

Question 10

Last use of feudal summons

Answer 10

1327

Question 11

first fully paid army

Answer 11

1337 Edward III

Question 12

payment for a knight’s services

Answer 12

indenture

Question 13

1285

Answer 13

Edward I creates the Statute of winchester - archery targets set up in every town and annual muster

Question 14

pay 1700s

Answer 14

£3 a day
£250 sign up

Question 15

militia act

Answer 15

1757 - men selected at ballot to serve for 5 years, protect country and be extra.

Question 16

Cardwells reforms

Answer 16

Flogging (whipping as a punishment) was abolished.
Bounty money was abolished.
Length of service was reduced from 21 to 12 years.
Localisation Scheme was introduced, allowing recruits to ‘sign up’ and fight alongside people from their local area.
The Purchase System was abolished.
1668 - 1674

Question 17

national service

Answer 17

1948 - 1963

Question 18

army size medieval

Answer 18

5 - 10,000

Question 19

early modern army size

Answer 19

10 - 20,000

Question 20

swedish salvo creator

Answer 20

king gustav adolphus

Question 21

industrial army size

Answer 21

fluctuates to over 250,000

Question 22

current army size

Answer 22

75,000

Question 23

purveyance

Answer 23

king has right to buy food to feed troops, led to inflation

Question 24

requositioning

Answer 24

forcibly taking supplies from people

Question 25

billeting

Answer 25

having to house a soldier rarely recieved compensationn

Question 26

literacy rate early medieval period

Answer 26

6%

Question 27

% death in uk during civil war

Answer 27

3.6

Question 28

%death in wwI

Answer 28

2.6

Question 29

%death of total population WW II

Answer 29

0.6

Question 30

printing press brought to England

Answer 30

1471

Question 31

% of british population fighting in the napoleonic wars

Answer 31

10%

Question 32

Crimea to Uk dispatch time during war

Answer 32

5 hours - quick accounts of details of both successes and losses.

Question 33

the CNN effect

Answer 33

the power of media to influence attitued, government policy and military strategy

Question 34

who led charge of light brigade

Answer 34

lord cardigan

Question 35

who wrote charge of the light brigade

Answer 35

Tennyson (1 1/2 months after the incident)

Question 36

first barracks

Answer 36

1717 Berwick

Question 37

bayonets 1670

Answer 37

ring and socket very innovative

Question 38

brown bess musket usage time

Answer 38

130 years despite its weaknesses 1720 - 1840

Question 39

1900 artillery distance

Answer 39

could shoot 10km due to rifling