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May 1958

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st May 1958What symptom made cholera so rapidly fatal?
  2. 2nd May 1958Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  3. 3rd May 1958Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  4. 4th May 1958What lesson did Hitler draw from the failed Munich Putsch about how to gain power?
  5. 5th May 1958Give one profession from which women were discouraged or barred under the Nazis.
  6. 6th May 1958What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  7. 7th May 1958What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  8. 8th May 1958What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  9. 9th May 1958Why did border guards open the crossings at the Berlin Wall rather than using force to stop the crowds?
  10. 10th May 1958In what year did the Berlin Wall fall, and in what year did the USSR itself dissolve?
  11. 11th May 1958In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?
  12. 12th May 1958Name one unpaid role that carried out government business in the localities.
  13. 13th May 1958When and where was Drake knighted by Elizabeth?
  14. 14th May 1958What was the main difference between the Public Health Acts of 1848 and 1875?
  15. 15th May 1958What had Fleming noticed in his contaminated laboratory dish?
  16. 16th May 1958What did Snow's comparison of two London water companies show?
  17. 17th May 1958What weather and terrain conditions made Passchendaele especially difficult for the medical services?
  18. 18th May 1958Why could chlorine gas at least be partly guarded against?
  19. 19th May 1958In what year was the Hitler Youth founded?
  20. 20th May 1958What phrase summarised the Nazi ideal role for women?
  21. 21st May 1958Name two materials the buffalo provided to Plains Indian bands, other than meat.
  22. 22nd May 1958Give one reason why the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 broke down.
  23. 23rd May 1958How many pieces of information does the narrative account question usually give the student to use?
  24. 24th May 1958On what date did the Berlin Wall fall?
  25. 25th May 1958Give one reason Gorbachev wanted to end the costly arms race and the war in Afghanistan.
  26. 26th May 1958What happened to Elizabeth in 1554, and why?
  27. 27th May 1958Give one reason Parliament was politically important even though it met only occasionally.
  28. 28th May 1958Give one motive for Elizabethan exploration, other than profit.
  29. 29th May 1958In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory for infants?
  30. 30th May 1958Name the two scientists who led the team that worked out how to purify and mass-produce penicillin.
  31. 31st May 1958Why did Snow's conclusions take years to be fully accepted?