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August 1956

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  1. 1st August 1956What kind of linking language should a strong narrative account use?
  2. 2nd August 1956What happened in August 1991, and how did it affect Gorbachev's authority?
  3. 3rd August 1956Name one arms control agreement signed during the era of detente.
  4. 4th August 1956Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  5. 5th August 1956Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  6. 6th August 1956What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  7. 7th August 1956What did the Public Health Act of 1875 require every council to provide?
  8. 8th August 1956Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  9. 9th August 1956What symptom made cholera so rapidly fatal?
  10. 10th August 1956Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  11. 11th August 1956Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  12. 12th August 1956What lesson did Hitler draw from the failed Munich Putsch about how to gain power?
  13. 13th August 1956Give one profession from which women were discouraged or barred under the Nazis.
  14. 14th August 1956What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  15. 15th August 1956What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  16. 16th August 1956What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  17. 17th August 1956Why did border guards open the crossings at the Berlin Wall rather than using force to stop the crowds?
  18. 18th August 1956In what year did the Berlin Wall fall, and in what year did the USSR itself dissolve?
  19. 19th August 1956In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?
  20. 20th August 1956Name one unpaid role that carried out government business in the localities.
  21. 21st August 1956When and where was Drake knighted by Elizabeth?
  22. 22nd August 1956What was the main difference between the Public Health Acts of 1848 and 1875?
  23. 23rd August 1956What had Fleming noticed in his contaminated laboratory dish?
  24. 24th August 1956What did Snow's comparison of two London water companies show?
  25. 25th August 1956What weather and terrain conditions made Passchendaele especially difficult for the medical services?
  26. 26th August 1956Why could chlorine gas at least be partly guarded against?
  27. 27th August 1956In what year was the Hitler Youth founded?
  28. 28th August 1956What phrase summarised the Nazi ideal role for women?
  29. 29th August 1956Name two materials the buffalo provided to Plains Indian bands, other than meat.
  30. 30th August 1956Give one reason why the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 broke down.
  31. 31st August 1956How many pieces of information does the narrative account question usually give the student to use?