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August 1971

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  1. 1st August 1971Who were Elizabeth's parents?
  2. 2nd August 1971What was the Privy Council?
  3. 3rd August 1971What did John Hawkins pioneer in the 1560s?
  4. 4th August 1971What was the main difference between the Public Health Acts of 1848 and 1875?
  5. 5th August 1971Who accidentally discovered penicillin's antibacterial effect, and in what year?
  6. 6th August 1971What did Snow's comparison of two London water companies show?
  7. 7th August 1971What is significant about the first day of the Battle of the Somme in terms of British casualties?
  8. 8th August 1971In what way did mustard gas, introduced in 1917, work differently from chlorine and phosgene?
  9. 9th August 1971In what year was the Hitler Youth founded?
  10. 10th August 1971What phrase summarised the Nazi ideal role for women?
  11. 11th August 1971What is the difference between a Plains Indian tribe and a band?
  12. 12th August 1971What did the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 attempt to set out for different Plains Indian nations?
  13. 13th August 1971What kind of linking language should a strong narrative account use?
  14. 14th August 1971On what date did the Berlin Wall fall?
  15. 15th August 1971Give one reason Gorbachev wanted to end the costly arms race and the war in Afghanistan.
  16. 16th August 1971Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  17. 17th August 1971Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  18. 18th August 1971What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  19. 19th August 1971In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory for infants?
  20. 20th August 1971Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  21. 21st August 1971Why did Snow's conclusions take years to be fully accepted?
  22. 22nd August 1971Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  23. 23rd August 1971Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  24. 24th August 1971In what month and year did Hitler refound the banned Nazi Party?
  25. 25th August 1971What were the Hitler Youth and the League of German Maidens?
  26. 26th August 1971What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  27. 27th August 1971What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  28. 28th August 1971What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  29. 29th August 1971When did Germany formally reunify?
  30. 30th August 1971What event in December 1979 caused detente to collapse?
  31. 31st August 1971In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?