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August 1975

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st August 1975Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  2. 2nd August 1975Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  3. 3rd August 1975What lesson did Hitler draw from the failed Munich Putsch about how to gain power?
  4. 4th August 1975Give one profession from which women were discouraged or barred under the Nazis.
  5. 5th August 1975What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  6. 6th August 1975What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  7. 7th August 1975What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  8. 8th August 1975Why did border guards open the crossings at the Berlin Wall rather than using force to stop the crowds?
  9. 9th August 1975In what year did the Berlin Wall fall, and in what year did the USSR itself dissolve?
  10. 10th August 1975In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?
  11. 11th August 1975Name one unpaid role that carried out government business in the localities.
  12. 12th August 1975When and where was Drake knighted by Elizabeth?
  13. 13th August 1975What was the main difference between the Public Health Acts of 1848 and 1875?
  14. 14th August 1975What had Fleming noticed in his contaminated laboratory dish?
  15. 15th August 1975What did Snow's comparison of two London water companies show?
  16. 16th August 1975What weather and terrain conditions made Passchendaele especially difficult for the medical services?
  17. 17th August 1975Why could chlorine gas at least be partly guarded against?
  18. 18th August 1975In what year was the Hitler Youth founded?
  19. 19th August 1975What phrase summarised the Nazi ideal role for women?
  20. 20th August 1975Name two materials the buffalo provided to Plains Indian bands, other than meat.
  21. 21st August 1975Give one reason why the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 broke down.
  22. 22nd August 1975How many pieces of information does the narrative account question usually give the student to use?
  23. 23rd August 1975On what date did the Berlin Wall fall?
  24. 24th August 1975Give one reason Gorbachev wanted to end the costly arms race and the war in Afghanistan.
  25. 25th August 1975What happened to Elizabeth in 1554, and why?
  26. 26th August 1975Give one reason Parliament was politically important even though it met only occasionally.
  27. 27th August 1975Give one motive for Elizabethan exploration, other than profit.
  28. 28th August 1975In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory for infants?
  29. 29th August 1975Name the two scientists who led the team that worked out how to purify and mass-produce penicillin.
  30. 30th August 1975Why did Snow's conclusions take years to be fully accepted?
  31. 31st August 1975Which treatment for fractured femurs is the Somme particularly linked to the wider army-wide adoption of?