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October 1979

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  1. 1st October 1979On what dates did Gorbachev resign and the Soviet Union formally dissolve?
  2. 2nd October 1979What does 'detente' mean, and roughly which decade is most associated with it?
  3. 3rd October 1979Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  4. 4th October 1979Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  5. 5th October 1979What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  6. 6th October 1979What did Edwin Chadwick's 1842 report investigate, and what effect did it have?
  7. 7th October 1979Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  8. 8th October 1979What did John Snow do with cholera deaths during the 1854 Soho outbreak?
  9. 9th October 1979Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  10. 10th October 1979Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  11. 11th October 1979In what year was the SS (Schutzstaffel) created, and how did it differ from the SA?
  12. 12th October 1979By what year had Hitler Youth membership become effectively compulsory?
  13. 13th October 1979What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  14. 14th October 1979What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  15. 15th October 1979What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  16. 16th October 1979Name the Polish movement that won elections in 1989, marking one of the first breaks from communist control in Eastern Europe.
  17. 17th October 1979What did President Reagan propose in the early 1980s that worried the USSR?
  18. 18th October 1979In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?
  19. 19th October 1979Name one unpaid role that carried out government business in the localities.
  20. 20th October 1979When and where was Drake knighted by Elizabeth?
  21. 21st October 1979Give one reason government legislation on public health increased through the nineteenth century.
  22. 22nd October 1979What had Fleming noticed in his contaminated laboratory dish?
  23. 23rd October 1979What action did Snow persuade local officials to take?
  24. 24th October 1979What weather and terrain conditions made Passchendaele especially difficult for the medical services?
  25. 25th October 1979Why could chlorine gas at least be partly guarded against?
  26. 26th October 1979Why is the period 1925-1928 sometimes called the Nazi Party's 'lean years'?
  27. 27th October 1979Why were some restrictions on women working quietly relaxed later in the 1930s?
  28. 28th October 1979Name two materials the buffalo provided to Plains Indian bands, other than meat.
  29. 29th October 1979Give one reason why the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 broke down.
  30. 30th October 1979How many pieces of information does the narrative account question usually give the student to use?
  31. 31st October 1979Which country opened its border with Austria in May 1989, creating a route for East Germans to escape westward?