A) Radical changes in military strategy and tactics resulting in government and society changes B) A peaceful transition of power from kings to mercenary leaders C) The complete elimination of infantry in favor of cavalry units D) A sudden collapse of European monarchies due to naval warfare
A) Geoffrey Parker B) Clifford J. Rogers C) Michael Roberts D) Jeremy Black
A) 1970s B) 1930s C) 1950s D) 1990s
A) Spain B) Sweden C) France D) England
A) 1450–1550 B) 1660–1760 C) 1560–1660 D) 1700–1800
A) Portable firearms B) War elephants C) Steel breastplates D) Crossbows
A) Germans and Russians B) English and French C) Dutch and Swedes D) Spanish and Italians
A) Permanent forces (standing armies) B) Naval privateer fleets C) Independent mercenary guilds D) Feudal knight orders
A) Technology dictates the absolute boundaries of human freedom B) War is the ultimate destroyer of all political institutions C) Standing armies inevitably lead to the fall of governments D) The modern art of war made possible—and necessary—the creation of the modern state
A) Jason Sharman B) Geoffrey Parker C) David Eltis D) Michael Duffy
A) Naval artillery and sabotage B) Cavalry charges and longbows C) Fortification and siege warfare D) Psychological warfare and espionage
A) Australia and Antarctica B) Only parts of Eastern Europe and Scandinavia C) The entire Middle East exclusively D) The Americas, and large parts of Africa and Asia
A) Clifford J. Rogers B) Jeremy Black C) Jason Sharman D) Michael Roberts
A) Michael Roberts and David Eltis B) Ayton and Price C) Michael Duffy and Jeremy Black D) Geoffrey Parker and Clifford Rogers
A) 1960 at Cambridge University B) 1952 at the University of Stockholm C) 1950 at Oxford University D) 1955 at Queen's University of Belfast
A) "The Military Revolution, 1560–1660" B) "The Age of Gunpowder and Standing Armies" C) "Tactics and Fortifications in Early Modern Europe" D) "The Rise of the Modern State Through War"
A) Guerrilla tactics B) Linear tactics C) Phalanx formations D) Cavalry wedge formations
A) Sharman and Eltis B) Duffy and Black C) Roberts and Parker D) Ayton and Price
A) Late 14th century B) Late 17th century C) Mid 18th century D) Early 16th century
A) 1660–1710 B) 1750–1800 C) 1560–1660 D) 1450–1500
A) The collapse of all European navies B) The invention of gunpowder C) Exponential growth in the size of European armies D) The complete abandonment of firearms
A) Four B) Three C) Five D) Six
A) A "fire weapons" revolution between 1580 and 1630 B) A "fortifications revolution" in the 16th century C) An "artillery revolution" in the 15th century D) An "infantry revolution" in the 14th century
A) A "fortifications revolution" in the 16th century B) A "fire weapons" revolution between 1580 and 1630 C) An "infantry revolution" in the 14th century D) An "artillery revolution" in the 15th century
A) A "fortifications revolution" in the 16th century B) An "infantry revolution" in the 14th century C) An "artillery revolution" in the 15th century D) A "fire weapons" revolution between 1580 and 1630
A) A "fortifications revolution" in the 16th century B) A "fire weapons" revolution between 1580 and 1630 C) An "artillery revolution" in the 15th century D) An "infantry revolution" in the 14th century
A) The creation of naval blockades between 1700 and 1750 B) The increase in size of European armies between 1650 and 1715 C) The widespread adoption of chemical warfare in the 17th century D) The abolition of standing armies in the late 18th century
A) 1300 to 1400 B) 1560 to 1660 C) 1650 to 1750 D) 1450 to 1800
A) Genetic mutation and adaptation B) "Punctuated equilibrium evolution" C) Natural selection and survival of the fittest D) Symbiotic ecosystem development
A) Short bursts of rapid military innovation followed by longer periods of relative stagnation B) A slow, perfectly steady rate of continuous military progress over centuries C) Random, completely unpredictable changes in military fashion with no pattern D) The cyclical destruction and complete rebirth of human civilization every generation
A) The British Empire B) The Austro-Hungarian Empire C) The Roman Empire D) The Ottoman Empire
A) Religious extremism and geographical isolation B) Civil-military relations and historical timing C) Incompetent leadership and naval inferiority D) Economic bankruptcy and lack of natural resources
A) Late fourteenth century B) Late sixteenth century C) Early thirteenth century D) Early eighteenth century
A) European powers had unified national armies from the 1300s onward B) European powers completely avoided using standing armies C) European powers drew heavily on private providers of military power D) European powers relied exclusively on tribal mercenaries from Asia
A) By the middle of the nineteenth century B) By the beginning of the fourteenth century C) By the second half of the seventeenth century D) By the end of the fifteenth century
A) It limited their bargaining leverage B) It forced rulers to abdicate their thrones immediately C) It increased their bargaining leverage indefinitely D) It eliminated all forms of government taxation
A) It outsourced all military command to foreign advisers B) It was able to block reform efforts that it believed challenged its parochial interests C) It voluntarily disbanded to save the imperial treasury money D) It actively funded and promoted radical military modernization
A) Defensive deployments B) Siege warfare C) Offensive missions D) Naval warfare
A) Highly efficient B) Clumsy C) Unstoppable D) Fast and flexible
A) Napoleon B) Tilly C) Gustavus Adolphus D) Roberts
A) Napoleon B) Tilly C) The Swedes D) Roberts
A) Alte Veste B) Waterloo C) Lützen D) Blenheim
A) Only for cavalry B) Yes C) No D) Only in the 18th century
A) Soldiers' personal wealth B) Uniform color C) Units' experience D) Regimental music
A) Political affiliation B) Religious background C) Camp follower count D) Assigned mission
A) Presence of tropical weather B) Navigability of oceans C) Proximity to the capital D) Terrain
A) Roman times B) Napoleonic times C) The Middle Ages D) World War I
A) Artillery formations B) Naval formations C) Cavalry formations D) Supply train formations
A) Increasing reliance on firearms B) Favouring firepower over shock action C) Favouring shock action over firepower D) Eliminating cavalry entirely
A) Nördlingen B) Courtrai C) Legnano D) Bannockburn
A) 1494 B) 1634 C) 1176 D) 1302
A) They became more frequent B) They replaced sieges C) They became irrelevant D) They became bloodier
A) Carey B) David Eltis C) Jeremy Black D) Geoffrey Parker
A) David Parrott B) Philippe Contamine C) David Eltis D) Geoffrey Parker
A) Formigny B) Legnano C) Courtrai D) Patay
A) 1429 B) 1176 C) 1314 D) 1302
A) 1450 B) 1311 C) 1302 D) 1314
A) 1176 B) 1314 C) 1311 D) 1429
A) 1302 B) 1450 C) 1176 D) 1429
A) Arbalesters B) Crossbowmen C) Longbowmen D) Pikemen
A) 1314 B) 1429 C) 1302 D) 1450
A) Black B) Eltis C) Carey D) Parker
A) Spearmen B) Pikemen C) Longbowmen D) Crossbowmen
A) The arret B) The trace italienne C) The siege train D) The bastion
A) Geoffrey Parker B) Jeremy Black C) Philippe Contamine D) David Parrott
A) Gustavus Adolphus's B) Louis XIV's C) Charles VIII's D) Napoleon Bonaparte's
A) 1176 B) 1494 C) 1302 D) 1634
A) Since armies never kept any form of records B) Due to strict government confidentiality laws C) For various reasons D) Because all records were completely destroyed by fire
A) Administrative sources B) Folk songs and legends C) Narrative sources D) Propaganda pamphlets
A) Pre-modern narrative essays B) Ancient stone inscriptions C) Periodical strength reports D) Poetic accounts of battles
A) Orders of Battle B) Muster calls C) Newspaper articles D) Pay rolls
A) Army costs B) Tactical formations C) Battlefield topography D) Troop morale
A) The Carthaginian mercenaries B) The Spartan navy C) The Roman army D) The Persian imperial guard
A) Complete video recordings B) Secret satellite imagery C) First hand accounts D) Modern computerized databases
A) Numbers B) The types of crops grown locally C) Geographical weather patterns D) The names of foreign rivers
A) Highly unreliable B) More accurate than administrative rolls C) Completely infallible D) Scientifically verified
A) Foreign mercenaries. B) Naval pirates. C) Religious crusaders. D) Colonial volunteers.
A) Over 100,000 B) Under 10,000 C) Under 50,000 D) Exactly 75,000
A) As government tax records B) With scepticism C) As absolute historical facts D) As modern estimations
A) The steam engine B) The telegraph C) The printing press D) The railway
A) An exclusive role B) No role at all C) A minor role D) A dominant role
A) Chet, Guy B) Parker, Geoffrey C) Sharman, Jason C. D) Rogers, Clifford J.
A) Visoni-Alonzo, Gilmar B) DeVries, Kelly C) Chet, Guy D) Rogers, Clifford J.
A) Teaching in the Shadow of the Military Revolution B) The Theory of a Military Revolution: Global, Numerous, Endless? C) A 'military revolution': the fall-out from the fall-in D) Myths of military revolution: European expansion and Eurocentrism |