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July 1962

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  1. 1st July 1962What kind of linking language should a strong narrative account use?
  2. 2nd July 1962On what dates did Gorbachev resign and the Soviet Union formally dissolve?
  3. 3rd July 1962What does 'detente' mean, and roughly which decade is most associated with it?
  4. 4th July 1962Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  5. 5th July 1962Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  6. 6th July 1962What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  7. 7th July 1962What did Edwin Chadwick's 1842 report investigate, and what effect did it have?
  8. 8th July 1962Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  9. 9th July 1962What did John Snow do with cholera deaths during the 1854 Soho outbreak?
  10. 10th July 1962Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  11. 11th July 1962Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  12. 12th July 1962In what year was the SS (Schutzstaffel) created, and how did it differ from the SA?
  13. 13th July 1962By what year had Hitler Youth membership become effectively compulsory?
  14. 14th July 1962What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  15. 15th July 1962What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  16. 16th July 1962What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  17. 17th July 1962Name the Polish movement that won elections in 1989, marking one of the first breaks from communist control in Eastern Europe.
  18. 18th July 1962What did President Reagan propose in the early 1980s that worried the USSR?
  19. 19th July 1962In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?
  20. 20th July 1962Name one unpaid role that carried out government business in the localities.
  21. 21st July 1962When and where was Drake knighted by Elizabeth?
  22. 22nd July 1962Give one reason government legislation on public health increased through the nineteenth century.
  23. 23rd July 1962What had Fleming noticed in his contaminated laboratory dish?
  24. 24th July 1962What action did Snow persuade local officials to take?
  25. 25th July 1962What weather and terrain conditions made Passchendaele especially difficult for the medical services?
  26. 26th July 1962Why could chlorine gas at least be partly guarded against?
  27. 27th July 1962Why is the period 1925-1928 sometimes called the Nazi Party's 'lean years'?
  28. 28th July 1962Why were some restrictions on women working quietly relaxed later in the 1930s?
  29. 29th July 1962Name two materials the buffalo provided to Plains Indian bands, other than meat.
  30. 30th July 1962Give one reason why the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 broke down.
  31. 31st July 1962How many pieces of information does the narrative account question usually give the student to use?