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February 1983 5-a-day

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February 1983

28 sheets · 140 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st February 1983In what ship, and over what years, did Francis Drake circumnavigate the globe?
  2. 2nd February 1983What was the main difference between the Public Health Acts of 1848 and 1875?
  3. 3rd February 1983In roughly which decade did penicillin become a widely available, mass-produced drug?
  4. 4th February 1983What did Snow's comparison of two London water companies show?
  5. 5th February 1983In what year was the Battle of the Somme fought?
  6. 6th February 1983Why was phosgene more dangerous than chlorine, despite being introduced afterwards?
  7. 7th February 1983In what year was the Hitler Youth founded?
  8. 8th February 1983What phrase summarised the Nazi ideal role for women?
  9. 9th February 1983Give one role, other than chief, that existed within Plains Indian band society.
  10. 10th February 1983In what year was the Fort Laramie Treaty signed?
  11. 11th February 1983Should a narrative account end with a personal judgement about whether events were good or bad?
  12. 12th February 1983On what date did the Berlin Wall fall?
  13. 13th February 1983Give one reason Gorbachev wanted to end the costly arms race and the war in Afghanistan.
  14. 14th February 1983Give one reason Elizabeth's education helped prepare her to rule.
  15. 15th February 1983Who was Elizabeth's chief adviser from 1558, and what position did he hold?
  16. 16th February 1983Who sponsored England's attempts to found a colony at Roanoke Island in Virginia?
  17. 17th February 1983In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory for infants?
  18. 18th February 1983Give one reason Fleming's discovery was not developed into a usable drug straight away.
  19. 19th February 1983Why did Snow's conclusions take years to be fully accepted?
  20. 20th February 1983What is Passchendaele also known as?
  21. 21st February 1983In which year, and near which town, did the Germans first use chlorine gas in a large-scale attack on the Western Front?
  22. 22nd February 1983In what month and year did Hitler refound the banned Nazi Party?
  23. 23rd February 1983What were the Hitler Youth and the League of German Maidens?
  24. 24th February 1983Why did Plains Indian bands often organise communal buffalo hunts rather than hunting alone?
  25. 25th February 1983What broad change in US government policy towards Plains Indians did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 begin?
  26. 26th February 1983Where in the answer should specific factual detail (names, dates, places) appear?
  27. 27th February 1983When did Germany formally reunify?
  28. 28th February 1983What event in December 1979 caused detente to collapse?