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May 1971

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  1. 1st May 1971On what date did the Berlin Wall fall?
  2. 2nd May 1971Give one reason Gorbachev wanted to end the costly arms race and the war in Afghanistan.
  3. 3rd May 1971Who were Elizabeth's parents?
  4. 4th May 1971What was the Privy Council?
  5. 5th May 1971What did John Hawkins pioneer in the 1560s?
  6. 6th May 1971In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory for infants?
  7. 7th May 1971Who accidentally discovered penicillin's antibacterial effect, and in what year?
  8. 8th May 1971Why did Snow's conclusions take years to be fully accepted?
  9. 9th May 1971What is significant about the first day of the Battle of the Somme in terms of British casualties?
  10. 10th May 1971In what way did mustard gas, introduced in 1917, work differently from chlorine and phosgene?
  11. 11th May 1971In what month and year did Hitler refound the banned Nazi Party?
  12. 12th May 1971What were the Hitler Youth and the League of German Maidens?
  13. 13th May 1971What is the difference between a Plains Indian tribe and a band?
  14. 14th May 1971What did the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 attempt to set out for different Plains Indian nations?
  15. 15th May 1971What kind of linking language should a strong narrative account use?
  16. 16th May 1971When did Germany formally reunify?
  17. 17th May 1971What event in December 1979 caused detente to collapse?
  18. 18th May 1971Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  19. 19th May 1971Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  20. 20th May 1971What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  21. 21st May 1971Was the Public Health Act of 1848 compulsory or permissive?
  22. 22nd May 1971Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  23. 23rd May 1971Why were workers at a nearby brewery largely unaffected by the 1854 outbreak?
  24. 24th May 1971Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  25. 25th May 1971Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  26. 26th May 1971What was a Gauleiter?
  27. 27th May 1971What award did the Nazis give to mothers of large families?
  28. 28th May 1971What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  29. 29th May 1971What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  30. 30th May 1971What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  31. 31st May 1971On what dates did Gorbachev resign and the Soviet Union formally dissolve?