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April 1980

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st April 1980Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  2. 2nd April 1980What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  3. 3rd April 1980In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory for infants?
  4. 4th April 1980Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  5. 5th April 1980Why did Snow's conclusions take years to be fully accepted?
  6. 6th April 1980Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  7. 7th April 1980Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  8. 8th April 1980In what month and year did Hitler refound the banned Nazi Party?
  9. 9th April 1980What were the Hitler Youth and the League of German Maidens?
  10. 10th April 1980What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  11. 11th April 1980What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  12. 12th April 1980What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  13. 13th April 1980When did Germany formally reunify?
  14. 14th April 1980What event in December 1979 caused detente to collapse?
  15. 15th April 1980In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?
  16. 16th April 1980Name one unpaid role that carried out government business in the localities.
  17. 17th April 1980When and where was Drake knighted by Elizabeth?
  18. 18th April 1980Was the Public Health Act of 1848 compulsory or permissive?
  19. 19th April 1980What had Fleming noticed in his contaminated laboratory dish?
  20. 20th April 1980Why were workers at a nearby brewery largely unaffected by the 1854 outbreak?
  21. 21st April 1980What weather and terrain conditions made Passchendaele especially difficult for the medical services?
  22. 22nd April 1980Why could chlorine gas at least be partly guarded against?
  23. 23rd April 1980What was a Gauleiter?
  24. 24th April 1980What award did the Nazis give to mothers of large families?
  25. 25th April 1980Name two materials the buffalo provided to Plains Indian bands, other than meat.
  26. 26th April 1980Give one reason why the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 broke down.
  27. 27th April 1980How many pieces of information does the narrative account question usually give the student to use?
  28. 28th April 1980On what dates did Gorbachev resign and the Soviet Union formally dissolve?
  29. 29th April 1980What does 'detente' mean, and roughly which decade is most associated with it?
  30. 30th April 1980What happened to Elizabeth in 1554, and why?