Warfare In Middle Ages

Question 1

When were the Middle Ages?

Answer 1

1000-1500 AD

Question 2

When was the early modern period?

Answer 2

1500-1700AD

Question 3

When was the industrial period?

Answer 3

1700-1900

Question 4

When did the 20th and 21st-century start?

Answer 4

1900-present

Question 5

What does infantry mean?

Answer 5

Footsoliders

Question 6

What does cavalry mean?

Answer 6

Men on horseback

Question 7

What is artillery?

Answer 7

Big guns

Question 8

What are the six factors that changed warfare?

Answer 8

Science
Technology
Communication
Attitudes in society
Governments
Individuals

Question 9

What does conscription mean?

Answer 9

It means people are forced to fight

Question 10

What were pikemen?

Answer 10

 infantry, with poles topped with metal spikes to hit people off horses.

Question 11

In the Middle Ages what percentage of the army was cavalry?

Answer 11

25%

Question 12

In the early modern period why did artillery make no major impact?

Answer 12

It was dangerous and had a low accuracy

Question 13

Why was cavalry less affective in the industrial age than in the Middle Ages?

Answer 13

The guns and artillery could kill the horses.

Question 14

When did a permanent professional army force begin? (What period?)

Answer 14

Industrial era

Question 15

What was one way warfare changed after the Middle Ages?

Answer 15

The development of gun powder weapons and artillery.

Question 16

What was the literacy rate in the Middle Ages?

Answer 16

6%

Question 17

In the Middle Ages was parliament or the king the more powerful?

Answer 17

The king

Question 18

The king was a commander during the war. What were the barons?

Answer 18

The barons had/ controlled their own armies

Question 19

The king was the commander in wars. What were the knights?

Answer 19

Cavalry

Question 20

The king was the commander in a war. What were the peasants?

Answer 20

Infantry

Question 21

Land = ?

Answer 21

Loyalty

Question 22

Why were swords broad at the start of the Middle Ages?

Answer 22

To knock off Calvary.

Question 23

What was the range of the longbow?

Answer 23

350 metres

Question 24

What are staff weapons?

Answer 24

Weapons based on a wooden pole. For example a spear or a pike.

Question 25

In the Middle Ages what were cannons mostly used for?

Answer 25

Breaking walls