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May 1975

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st May 1975Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  2. 2nd May 1975What did Snow's comparison of two London water companies show?
  3. 3rd May 1975Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  4. 4th May 1975Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  5. 5th May 1975In what year was the Hitler Youth founded?
  6. 6th May 1975What phrase summarised the Nazi ideal role for women?
  7. 7th May 1975What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  8. 8th May 1975What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  9. 9th May 1975What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  10. 10th May 1975On what date did the Berlin Wall fall?
  11. 11th May 1975Give one reason Gorbachev wanted to end the costly arms race and the war in Afghanistan.
  12. 12th May 1975In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?
  13. 13th May 1975Name one unpaid role that carried out government business in the localities.
  14. 14th May 1975When and where was Drake knighted by Elizabeth?
  15. 15th May 1975In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory for infants?
  16. 16th May 1975What had Fleming noticed in his contaminated laboratory dish?
  17. 17th May 1975Why did Snow's conclusions take years to be fully accepted?
  18. 18th May 1975What weather and terrain conditions made Passchendaele especially difficult for the medical services?
  19. 19th May 1975Why could chlorine gas at least be partly guarded against?
  20. 20th May 1975In what month and year did Hitler refound the banned Nazi Party?
  21. 21st May 1975What were the Hitler Youth and the League of German Maidens?
  22. 22nd May 1975Name two materials the buffalo provided to Plains Indian bands, other than meat.
  23. 23rd May 1975Give one reason why the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 broke down.
  24. 24th May 1975How many pieces of information does the narrative account question usually give the student to use?
  25. 25th May 1975When did Germany formally reunify?
  26. 26th May 1975What event in December 1979 caused detente to collapse?
  27. 27th May 1975What happened to Elizabeth in 1554, and why?
  28. 28th May 1975Give one reason Parliament was politically important even though it met only occasionally.
  29. 29th May 1975Give one motive for Elizabethan exploration, other than profit.
  30. 30th May 1975Was the Public Health Act of 1848 compulsory or permissive?
  31. 31st May 1975Name the two scientists who led the team that worked out how to purify and mass-produce penicillin.