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February 1964

29 sheets · 145 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st February 1964Name one type of respirator issued to British troops as protection against gas attacks.
  2. 2nd February 1964What lesson did Hitler draw from the failed Munich Putsch about how to gain power?
  3. 3rd February 1964Give one profession from which women were discouraged or barred under the Nazis.
  4. 4th February 1964How was a Plains Indian chief usually chosen?
  5. 5th February 1964Name one Plains Indian resource that was damaged or reduced by increasing migrant traffic.
  6. 6th February 1964What should the closing sentence of a strong narrative account do?
  7. 7th February 1964Why did border guards open the crossings at the Berlin Wall rather than using force to stop the crowds?
  8. 8th February 1964In what year did the Berlin Wall fall, and in what year did the USSR itself dissolve?
  9. 9th February 1964Why was Elizabeth's lack of a husband or heir in 1558-59 a political problem?
  10. 10th February 1964What does it mean to say Elizabethan coinage had been 'debased'?
  11. 11th February 1964In what ship, and over what years, did Francis Drake circumnavigate the globe?
  12. 12th February 1964What was the main difference between the Public Health Acts of 1848 and 1875?
  13. 13th February 1964In roughly which decade did penicillin become a widely available, mass-produced drug?
  14. 14th February 1964What did Snow's comparison of two London water companies show?
  15. 15th February 1964In what year was the Battle of the Somme fought?
  16. 16th February 1964Why was phosgene more dangerous than chlorine, despite being introduced afterwards?
  17. 17th February 1964In what year was the Hitler Youth founded?
  18. 18th February 1964What phrase summarised the Nazi ideal role for women?
  19. 19th February 1964Give one role, other than chief, that existed within Plains Indian band society.
  20. 20th February 1964In what year was the Fort Laramie Treaty signed?
  21. 21st February 1964Should a narrative account end with a personal judgement about whether events were good or bad?
  22. 22nd February 1964On what date did the Berlin Wall fall?
  23. 23rd February 1964Give one reason Gorbachev wanted to end the costly arms race and the war in Afghanistan.
  24. 24th February 1964Give one reason Elizabeth's education helped prepare her to rule.
  25. 25th February 1964Who was Elizabeth's chief adviser from 1558, and what position did he hold?
  26. 26th February 1964Who sponsored England's attempts to found a colony at Roanoke Island in Virginia?
  27. 27th February 1964In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory for infants?
  28. 28th February 1964Give one reason Fleming's discovery was not developed into a usable drug straight away.
  29. 29th February 1964Why did Snow's conclusions take years to be fully accepted?