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October 1980

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st October 1980Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  2. 2nd October 1980What symptom made cholera so rapidly fatal?
  3. 3rd October 1980Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  4. 4th October 1980Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  5. 5th October 1980What lesson did Hitler draw from the failed Munich Putsch about how to gain power?
  6. 6th October 1980Give one profession from which women were discouraged or barred under the Nazis.
  7. 7th October 1980What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  8. 8th October 1980What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  9. 9th October 1980What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  10. 10th October 1980Why did border guards open the crossings at the Berlin Wall rather than using force to stop the crowds?
  11. 11th October 1980In what year did the Berlin Wall fall, and in what year did the USSR itself dissolve?
  12. 12th October 1980In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?
  13. 13th October 1980Name one unpaid role that carried out government business in the localities.
  14. 14th October 1980When and where was Drake knighted by Elizabeth?
  15. 15th October 1980What was the main difference between the Public Health Acts of 1848 and 1875?
  16. 16th October 1980What had Fleming noticed in his contaminated laboratory dish?
  17. 17th October 1980What did Snow's comparison of two London water companies show?
  18. 18th October 1980What weather and terrain conditions made Passchendaele especially difficult for the medical services?
  19. 19th October 1980Why could chlorine gas at least be partly guarded against?
  20. 20th October 1980In what year was the Hitler Youth founded?
  21. 21st October 1980What phrase summarised the Nazi ideal role for women?
  22. 22nd October 1980Name two materials the buffalo provided to Plains Indian bands, other than meat.
  23. 23rd October 1980Give one reason why the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 broke down.
  24. 24th October 1980How many pieces of information does the narrative account question usually give the student to use?
  25. 25th October 1980On what date did the Berlin Wall fall?
  26. 26th October 1980Give one reason Gorbachev wanted to end the costly arms race and the war in Afghanistan.
  27. 27th October 1980What happened to Elizabeth in 1554, and why?
  28. 28th October 1980Give one reason Parliament was politically important even though it met only occasionally.
  29. 29th October 1980Give one motive for Elizabethan exploration, other than profit.
  30. 30th October 1980In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory for infants?
  31. 31st October 1980Name the two scientists who led the team that worked out how to purify and mass-produce penicillin.