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August 1974

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  1. 1st August 1974Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  2. 2nd August 1974What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  3. 3rd August 1974What did Edwin Chadwick's 1842 report investigate, and what effect did it have?
  4. 4th August 1974Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  5. 5th August 1974What did John Snow do with cholera deaths during the 1854 Soho outbreak?
  6. 6th August 1974Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  7. 7th August 1974Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  8. 8th August 1974In what year was the SS (Schutzstaffel) created, and how did it differ from the SA?
  9. 9th August 1974By what year had Hitler Youth membership become effectively compulsory?
  10. 10th August 1974What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  11. 11th August 1974What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  12. 12th August 1974What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  13. 13th August 1974Name the Polish movement that won elections in 1989, marking one of the first breaks from communist control in Eastern Europe.
  14. 14th August 1974What did President Reagan propose in the early 1980s that worried the USSR?
  15. 15th August 1974In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?
  16. 16th August 1974Name one unpaid role that carried out government business in the localities.
  17. 17th August 1974When and where was Drake knighted by Elizabeth?
  18. 18th August 1974Give one reason government legislation on public health increased through the nineteenth century.
  19. 19th August 1974What had Fleming noticed in his contaminated laboratory dish?
  20. 20th August 1974What action did Snow persuade local officials to take?
  21. 21st August 1974What weather and terrain conditions made Passchendaele especially difficult for the medical services?
  22. 22nd August 1974Why could chlorine gas at least be partly guarded against?
  23. 23rd August 1974Why is the period 1925-1928 sometimes called the Nazi Party's 'lean years'?
  24. 24th August 1974Why were some restrictions on women working quietly relaxed later in the 1930s?
  25. 25th August 1974Name two materials the buffalo provided to Plains Indian bands, other than meat.
  26. 26th August 1974Give one reason why the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 broke down.
  27. 27th August 1974How many pieces of information does the narrative account question usually give the student to use?
  28. 28th August 1974Which country opened its border with Austria in May 1989, creating a route for East Germans to escape westward?
  29. 29th August 1974What two reform policies did Gorbachev introduce inside the USSR from 1985?
  30. 30th August 1974What happened to Elizabeth in 1554, and why?
  31. 31st August 1974Give one reason Parliament was politically important even though it met only occasionally.