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October 1963

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  1. 1st October 1963Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  2. 2nd October 1963In what year did cholera first reach Britain?
  3. 3rd October 1963Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  4. 4th October 1963Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  5. 5th October 1963What percentage of the vote and how many Reichstag seats did the Nazi Party win in the May 1928 election?
  6. 6th October 1963How did school curriculums change under the Nazis?
  7. 7th October 1963What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  8. 8th October 1963What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  9. 9th October 1963What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  10. 10th October 1963What happened in August 1991, and how did it affect Gorbachev's authority?
  11. 11th October 1963Name one arms control agreement signed during the era of detente.
  12. 12th October 1963In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?
  13. 13th October 1963Name one unpaid role that carried out government business in the localities.
  14. 14th October 1963When and where was Drake knighted by Elizabeth?
  15. 15th October 1963What did the Public Health Act of 1875 require every council to provide?
  16. 16th October 1963What had Fleming noticed in his contaminated laboratory dish?
  17. 17th October 1963What symptom made cholera so rapidly fatal?
  18. 18th October 1963What weather and terrain conditions made Passchendaele especially difficult for the medical services?
  19. 19th October 1963Why could chlorine gas at least be partly guarded against?
  20. 20th October 1963What lesson did Hitler draw from the failed Munich Putsch about how to gain power?
  21. 21st October 1963Give one profession from which women were discouraged or barred under the Nazis.
  22. 22nd October 1963Name two materials the buffalo provided to Plains Indian bands, other than meat.
  23. 23rd October 1963Give one reason why the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 broke down.
  24. 24th October 1963How many pieces of information does the narrative account question usually give the student to use?
  25. 25th October 1963Why did border guards open the crossings at the Berlin Wall rather than using force to stop the crowds?
  26. 26th October 1963In what year did the Berlin Wall fall, and in what year did the USSR itself dissolve?
  27. 27th October 1963What happened to Elizabeth in 1554, and why?
  28. 28th October 1963Give one reason Parliament was politically important even though it met only occasionally.
  29. 29th October 1963Give one motive for Elizabethan exploration, other than profit.
  30. 30th October 1963What was the main difference between the Public Health Acts of 1848 and 1875?
  31. 31st October 1963Name the two scientists who led the team that worked out how to purify and mass-produce penicillin.