WH Quiz 4

How did the Persians finally manage to defeat the Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae?

• 1. They went around the Spartans side, in boats on the ocean

• 1. They broke through the Spartan line with a frontal attack

• 1. A traitor showed them a way around the Spartan line via a mountain path

• 1. They killed all the Spartans from a distance with bows and arrows

Where did the lumber for the Crusaders’ siege towers come from?

• 1. The local forest

• 1. They brought it with them

• 1. A local merchant sold it to them

• 1. From ships that arrived to resupply the Crusader armies

True or False: Most of the Aztecs died from smallpox and not in battle

• True

• False

True or False: Siege machinery like catapults and siege towers were very sturdy and very easy to transport long distances

• True

• False

What was the biggest advantage for American troops in the Battle of Saratoga?

• 1. They had a larger number of troops than the British

• They could fight in the forest, which leant itself to guerrilla warfare

• 1. They had better generals than the British

• They had more weapons than the British