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May 1974

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st May 1974What did President Reagan propose in the early 1980s that worried the USSR?
  2. 2nd May 1974Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  3. 3rd May 1974Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  4. 4th May 1974What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  5. 5th May 1974Give one reason government legislation on public health increased through the nineteenth century.
  6. 6th May 1974Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  7. 7th May 1974What action did Snow persuade local officials to take?
  8. 8th May 1974Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  9. 9th May 1974Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  10. 10th May 1974Why is the period 1925-1928 sometimes called the Nazi Party's 'lean years'?
  11. 11th May 1974Why were some restrictions on women working quietly relaxed later in the 1930s?
  12. 12th May 1974What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  13. 13th May 1974What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  14. 14th May 1974What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  15. 15th May 1974Which country opened its border with Austria in May 1989, creating a route for East Germans to escape westward?
  16. 16th May 1974What two reform policies did Gorbachev introduce inside the USSR from 1985?
  17. 17th May 1974In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?
  18. 18th May 1974Name one unpaid role that carried out government business in the localities.
  19. 19th May 1974When and where was Drake knighted by Elizabeth?
  20. 20th May 1974What kind of government response did the Great Plague of 1665 see?
  21. 21st May 1974What had Fleming noticed in his contaminated laboratory dish?
  22. 22nd May 1974In what year did cholera first reach Britain?
  23. 23rd May 1974What weather and terrain conditions made Passchendaele especially difficult for the medical services?
  24. 24th May 1974Why could chlorine gas at least be partly guarded against?
  25. 25th May 1974What percentage of the vote and how many Reichstag seats did the Nazi Party win in the May 1928 election?
  26. 26th May 1974How did school curriculums change under the Nazis?
  27. 27th May 1974Name two materials the buffalo provided to Plains Indian bands, other than meat.
  28. 28th May 1974Give one reason why the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 broke down.
  29. 29th May 1974How many pieces of information does the narrative account question usually give the student to use?
  30. 30th May 1974What happened in August 1991, and how did it affect Gorbachev's authority?
  31. 31st May 1974Name one arms control agreement signed during the era of detente.