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April 1960

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st April 1960What was the Privy Council?
  2. 2nd April 1960What did John Hawkins pioneer in the 1560s?
  3. 3rd April 1960Give one reason government legislation on public health increased through the nineteenth century.
  4. 4th April 1960Who accidentally discovered penicillin's antibacterial effect, and in what year?
  5. 5th April 1960What action did Snow persuade local officials to take?
  6. 6th April 1960What is significant about the first day of the Battle of the Somme in terms of British casualties?
  7. 7th April 1960In what way did mustard gas, introduced in 1917, work differently from chlorine and phosgene?
  8. 8th April 1960Why is the period 1925-1928 sometimes called the Nazi Party's 'lean years'?
  9. 9th April 1960Why were some restrictions on women working quietly relaxed later in the 1930s?
  10. 10th April 1960What is the difference between a Plains Indian tribe and a band?
  11. 11th April 1960What did the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 attempt to set out for different Plains Indian nations?
  12. 12th April 1960What kind of linking language should a strong narrative account use?
  13. 13th April 1960Which country opened its border with Austria in May 1989, creating a route for East Germans to escape westward?
  14. 14th April 1960What two reform policies did Gorbachev introduce inside the USSR from 1985?
  15. 15th April 1960Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  16. 16th April 1960Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  17. 17th April 1960What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  18. 18th April 1960What kind of government response did the Great Plague of 1665 see?
  19. 19th April 1960Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  20. 20th April 1960In what year did cholera first reach Britain?
  21. 21st April 1960Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  22. 22nd April 1960Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  23. 23rd April 1960What percentage of the vote and how many Reichstag seats did the Nazi Party win in the May 1928 election?
  24. 24th April 1960How did school curriculums change under the Nazis?
  25. 25th April 1960What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  26. 26th April 1960What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  27. 27th April 1960What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  28. 28th April 1960What happened in August 1991, and how did it affect Gorbachev's authority?
  29. 29th April 1960Name one arms control agreement signed during the era of detente.
  30. 30th April 1960In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?