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May 1981

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st May 1981Which treatment for fractured femurs is the Somme particularly linked to the wider army-wide adoption of?
  2. 2nd May 1981Name one type of respirator issued to British troops as protection against gas attacks.
  3. 3rd May 1981What lesson did Hitler draw from the failed Munich Putsch about how to gain power?
  4. 4th May 1981Give one profession from which women were discouraged or barred under the Nazis.
  5. 5th May 1981How was a Plains Indian chief usually chosen?
  6. 6th May 1981Name one Plains Indian resource that was damaged or reduced by increasing migrant traffic.
  7. 7th May 1981What should the closing sentence of a strong narrative account do?
  8. 8th May 1981Why did border guards open the crossings at the Berlin Wall rather than using force to stop the crowds?
  9. 9th May 1981In what year did the Berlin Wall fall, and in what year did the USSR itself dissolve?
  10. 10th May 1981Why was Elizabeth's lack of a husband or heir in 1558-59 a political problem?
  11. 11th May 1981What does it mean to say Elizabethan coinage had been 'debased'?
  12. 12th May 1981In what ship, and over what years, did Francis Drake circumnavigate the globe?
  13. 13th May 1981What was the main difference between the Public Health Acts of 1848 and 1875?
  14. 14th May 1981In roughly which decade did penicillin become a widely available, mass-produced drug?
  15. 15th May 1981What did Snow's comparison of two London water companies show?
  16. 16th May 1981In what year was the Battle of the Somme fought?
  17. 17th May 1981Why was phosgene more dangerous than chlorine, despite being introduced afterwards?
  18. 18th May 1981In what year was the Hitler Youth founded?
  19. 19th May 1981What phrase summarised the Nazi ideal role for women?
  20. 20th May 1981Give one role, other than chief, that existed within Plains Indian band society.
  21. 21st May 1981In what year was the Fort Laramie Treaty signed?
  22. 22nd May 1981Should a narrative account end with a personal judgement about whether events were good or bad?
  23. 23rd May 1981On what date did the Berlin Wall fall?
  24. 24th May 1981Give one reason Gorbachev wanted to end the costly arms race and the war in Afghanistan.
  25. 25th May 1981Give one reason Elizabeth's education helped prepare her to rule.
  26. 26th May 1981Who was Elizabeth's chief adviser from 1558, and what position did he hold?
  27. 27th May 1981Who sponsored England's attempts to found a colony at Roanoke Island in Virginia?
  28. 28th May 1981In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory for infants?
  29. 29th May 1981Give one reason Fleming's discovery was not developed into a usable drug straight away.
  30. 30th May 1981Why did Snow's conclusions take years to be fully accepted?
  31. 31st May 1981What is Passchendaele also known as?