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September 1960

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st September 1960In roughly which decade did penicillin become a widely available, mass-produced drug?
  2. 2nd September 1960What did Snow's comparison of two London water companies show?
  3. 3rd September 1960In what year was the Battle of the Somme fought?
  4. 4th September 1960Why was phosgene more dangerous than chlorine, despite being introduced afterwards?
  5. 5th September 1960In what year was the Hitler Youth founded?
  6. 6th September 1960What phrase summarised the Nazi ideal role for women?
  7. 7th September 1960Give one role, other than chief, that existed within Plains Indian band society.
  8. 8th September 1960In what year was the Fort Laramie Treaty signed?
  9. 9th September 1960Should a narrative account end with a personal judgement about whether events were good or bad?
  10. 10th September 1960On what date did the Berlin Wall fall?
  11. 11th September 1960Give one reason Gorbachev wanted to end the costly arms race and the war in Afghanistan.
  12. 12th September 1960Give one reason Elizabeth's education helped prepare her to rule.
  13. 13th September 1960Who was Elizabeth's chief adviser from 1558, and what position did he hold?
  14. 14th September 1960Who sponsored England's attempts to found a colony at Roanoke Island in Virginia?
  15. 15th September 1960In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory for infants?
  16. 16th September 1960Give one reason Fleming's discovery was not developed into a usable drug straight away.
  17. 17th September 1960Why did Snow's conclusions take years to be fully accepted?
  18. 18th September 1960What is Passchendaele also known as?
  19. 19th September 1960In which year, and near which town, did the Germans first use chlorine gas in a large-scale attack on the Western Front?
  20. 20th September 1960In what month and year did Hitler refound the banned Nazi Party?
  21. 21st September 1960What were the Hitler Youth and the League of German Maidens?
  22. 22nd September 1960Why did Plains Indian bands often organise communal buffalo hunts rather than hunting alone?
  23. 23rd September 1960What broad change in US government policy towards Plains Indians did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 begin?
  24. 24th September 1960Where in the answer should specific factual detail (names, dates, places) appear?
  25. 25th September 1960When did Germany formally reunify?
  26. 26th September 1960What event in December 1979 caused detente to collapse?
  27. 27th September 1960Who were Elizabeth's parents?
  28. 28th September 1960What was the Privy Council?
  29. 29th September 1960What did John Hawkins pioneer in the 1560s?
  30. 30th September 1960Was the Public Health Act of 1848 compulsory or permissive?