GCSE History | Warfare in the Early Modern Period of Britain

History Quiz - Britain: Warfare Between 1700 And 1900 (Questions)

While studying GCSE History children will learn about warfare involving Britain during different times. One era they will look at is the early modern period from 1700-1900.

The early modern period saw further dramatic changes in the nature of warfare in Britain. Weapons improved as rifles, cannon, bullets and shells came to dominate the battlefield. The use of cavalry declined, and armies became increasingly professional. The experience of the Crimean War encouraged further changes.

Test your knowledge of warfare involving Britain during the early modern period by playing this quiz.

The Battle of Dettingen (1743) during the War of the Austrian Succession was the last occasion when an English king led his troops into battle. Which king was this?

[ ]	George I
[ ]	George III
[ ]	William III
[ ]	George II

Which British commander described the Battle of Waterloo as "the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life"?

[ ]	Marlborough
[ ]	Sir John Moore
[ ]	Lord Cardigan
[ ]	Wellington

Which long campaign was finally brought to an end by the events at Waterloo in 1815?

[ ]	The Napoleonic Wars
[ ]	The Peninsular War
[ ]	The French Revolutionary Wars
[ ]	The Anglo-French Wars

In which country was Florence Nightingale's hospital at Scutari situated?

[ ]	The Ottoman Empire
[ ]	Greece
[ ]	Bulgaria
[ ]	Russia

With which activity was Roger Fenton associated during the Crimea campaign?

[ ]	Journalism
[ ]	Telegraphic communication
[ ]	Photography
[ ]	Railway transport

William Russell established himself as the first real war reporter. For which newspaper was he working?

[ ]	The Morning Post
[ ]	The Daily Mail
[ ]	The Times
[ ]	The Daily Telegraph

What was the principal cause of death among British troops during the Crimean campaign?

[ ]	Wounds caused by enemy action
[ ]	"Friendly fire"
[ ]	Accidents
[ ]	Diseases like cholera, typhus, typhoid and dysentery

Which battle during the Crimean War featured the "Charge of the Light Brigade"?

[ ]	Sevastopol
[ ]	Balaclava
[ ]	Inkerman
[ ]	The Alma

Which half-Jamaican, half-Scottish woman served as a nurse during the Crimean War, and was named "Greatest Black Briton" in 2004?

[ ]	Mary Seacole
[ ]	Norah David
[ ]	Coretta King
[ ]	Carol Zephaniah

10.

Following the deficiencies shown in the Crimea the British army was reformed by Army Minister Cardwell. Which one of the following changes appeared among his reforms in the 1870's?

[ ]	Peacetime conscription
[ ]	Abolition of the sale of officers' commissions
[ ]	The introduction of a standing army
[ ]	Insurance against battle wounds

History Quiz - Britain: Warfare Between 1700 And 1900 (Answers)

The Battle of Dettingen (1743) during the War of the Austrian Succession was the last occasion when an English king led his troops into battle. Which king was this?

[ ]	George I
[ ]	George III
[ ]	William III
[x]	George II

After Dettingen monarchs avoided the battlefield during conflict, but they continued to visit theatres of war

Which British commander described the Battle of Waterloo as "the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life"?

[ ]	Marlborough
[ ]	Sir John Moore
[ ]	Lord Cardigan
[x]	Wellington

Waterloo was a closely fought battle, whose outcome was strongly influenced by the arrival of Prussian forces led by Marshal Blucher

Which long campaign was finally brought to an end by the events at Waterloo in 1815?

[x]	The Napoleonic Wars
[ ]	The Peninsular War
[ ]	The French Revolutionary Wars
[ ]	The Anglo-French Wars

Waterloo ended a series of intermittent campaigns which had rumbled on since 1792

In which country was Florence Nightingale's hospital at Scutari situated?

[x]	The Ottoman Empire
[ ]	Greece
[ ]	Bulgaria
[ ]	Russia

"The lady with the lamp" provided medical facilities away from the main Crimean battlefields

With which activity was Roger Fenton associated during the Crimea campaign?

[ ]	Journalism
[ ]	Telegraphic communication
[x]	Photography
[ ]	Railway transport

The Crimean War saw the further impact of industrialisation and developments in transport, communication, steel production, railways and steamships

William Russell established himself as the first real war reporter. For which newspaper was he working?

[ ]	The Morning Post
[ ]	The Daily Mail
[x]	The Times
[ ]	The Daily Telegraph

Russell spent a significant period in the field, using modern developments in technology to send his reports to London

What was the principal cause of death among British troops during the Crimean campaign?

[ ]	Wounds caused by enemy action
[ ]	"Friendly fire"
[ ]	Accidents
[x]	Diseases like cholera, typhus, typhoid and dysentery

The Crimea campaign put unprecedented stress on medical facilities

Which battle during the Crimean War featured the "Charge of the Light Brigade"?

[ ]	Sevastopol
[x]	Balaclava
[ ]	Inkerman
[ ]	The Alma

The suicidal charge of British cavalry into Russian artillery raised the question of incompetent British generalship during the campaign

Which half-Jamaican, half-Scottish woman served as a nurse during the Crimean War, and was named "Greatest Black Briton" in 2004?

[x]	Mary Seacole
[ ]	Norah David
[ ]	Coretta King
[ ]	Carol Zephaniah

Having been neglected as a contributor to medical services in the Crimea, she has now been accorded a place of honour alongside Florence Nightingale

10.

Following the deficiencies shown in the Crimea the British army was reformed by Army Minister Cardwell. Which one of the following changes appeared among his reforms in the 1870's?

[ ]	Peacetime conscription
[x]	Abolition of the sale of officers' commissions
[ ]	The introduction of a standing army
[ ]	Insurance against battle wounds

Cardwell put the British army on a more modern footing following the weaknesses shown during the Crimean War between 1853 and 1856