1 Medieval warfare and English society: The nature of warfare Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 3

The 20 questions

1. Which three troop types formed the core of the medieval army?

   • Gladiators, hoplites and sailors
   • Chariots, elephants and slingers
   • Musketeers, dragoons and spies
   • Infantry, archers and knights

2. Which new medieval weapon significantly changed the nature of combat?

   • The tank
   • The longbow
   • The assault rifle
   • The nuclear bomb

3. What was a schiltron used in medieval warfare?

   • A heavy fortification wall
   • A mobile siege tower
   • A cavalry charge tactic
   • A defensive spear formation

4. What happened to the military role of the mounted knight over the medieval period?

   • It declined
   • It remained completely unchanged
   • It expanded massively
   • It became entirely naval

5. Which key gunpowder development emerged during the medieval period?

   • Modern artillery shells
   • Automatic machine guns
   • Early cannon development
   • Handheld assault rifles

6. How did wider society historically influence army command structures?

   • Physical height
   • Social rank
   • Exam scores
   • Random lottery

7. Which battlefield threat were schiltrons specifically designed to counter?

   • Enemy archer volleys
   • Siege engine bombardments
   • Cavalry charges
   • Night surprise attacks

8. The spread of gunpowder weapons around 1450 suggests what about mounted knights?

   • Their role declined
   • Their armor vanished
   • Their speed doubled
   • Their status increased

9. Why did medieval commanders form soldiers into schiltrons against cavalry charges?

   • Swords frightened horses
   • Shields blocked bullets
   • Spears resisted cavalry
   • Bows outranged arrows

10. How were the core medieval troops typically raised?

    • By professional conscription
    • Via mercenary bidding
    • Through democratic enlistment
    • Through feudal structures

11. What was the main battlefield advantage of the medieval archer?

    • Heavy armour protection
    • Rapid cavalry mobility
    • Ranged firepower disruption
    • Hand-to-hand sword dominance

12. Which two key weapons drove medieval tactical changes?

    • Sword and shield
    • Trebuchet and catapult
    • Longbow and gunpowder
    • Crossbow and pike

13. What primarily caused the decline of the mounted knight in medieval warfare?

    • The invention of printing
    • A shortage of horses
    • Global climate change
    • New weapons and tactics

14. What was the primary role of the archer in medieval armies?

    • Heavy charging
    • Ranged attack
    • Siege engineering
    • Naval blockade

15. Which social group typically commanded mounted knights in medieval armies?

    • The nobility
    • The peasantry
    • Local clergy
    • Foreign mercenaries

16. What does the impact of weapons on medieval warfare primarily involve?

    • Poetry, art and music
    • Trade, tax and farming
    • Law, church and diet
    • Strategy, tactics and combat

17. Name the two developments that transformed medieval combat.

    • Castles and moats
    • Armor and shields
    • Pikes and flails
    • Longbow and gunpowder

18. What characterised the composition of medieval armies?

    • Mixed troop types
    • Mercenary fleets only
    • Exclusively archers
    • Only mounted knights

19. Whose records best test whether social structure shaped medieval military command?

    • Merchants and foreign trade
    • Farmers and crop yields
    • Commanders and social rank
    • Monks and church tithes

20. Which weapon development sequence is correct for medieval and early modern Britain?

    • Rifles then shields
    • Muskets then catapults
    • Longbows then gunpowder
    • Gunpowder then longbows

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