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August 1990 5-a-day

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August 1990

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st August 1990What is the difference between a Plains Indian tribe and a band?
  2. 2nd August 1990What did the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 attempt to set out for different Plains Indian nations?
  3. 3rd August 1990What kind of linking language should a strong narrative account use?
  4. 4th August 1990On what date did the Berlin Wall fall?
  5. 5th August 1990Give one reason Gorbachev wanted to end the costly arms race and the war in Afghanistan.
  6. 6th August 1990Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  7. 7th August 1990Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  8. 8th August 1990What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  9. 9th August 1990In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory for infants?
  10. 10th August 1990Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  11. 11th August 1990Why did Snow's conclusions take years to be fully accepted?
  12. 12th August 1990Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  13. 13th August 1990Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  14. 14th August 1990In what month and year did Hitler refound the banned Nazi Party?
  15. 15th August 1990What were the Hitler Youth and the League of German Maidens?
  16. 16th August 1990What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  17. 17th August 1990What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  18. 18th August 1990What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  19. 19th August 1990When did Germany formally reunify?
  20. 20th August 1990What event in December 1979 caused detente to collapse?
  21. 21st August 1990In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?
  22. 22nd August 1990Name one unpaid role that carried out government business in the localities.
  23. 23rd August 1990When and where was Drake knighted by Elizabeth?
  24. 24th August 1990Was the Public Health Act of 1848 compulsory or permissive?
  25. 25th August 1990What had Fleming noticed in his contaminated laboratory dish?
  26. 26th August 1990Why were workers at a nearby brewery largely unaffected by the 1854 outbreak?
  27. 27th August 1990What weather and terrain conditions made Passchendaele especially difficult for the medical services?
  28. 28th August 1990Why could chlorine gas at least be partly guarded against?
  29. 29th August 1990What was a Gauleiter?
  30. 30th August 1990What award did the Nazis give to mothers of large families?
  31. 31st August 1990Name two materials the buffalo provided to Plains Indian bands, other than meat.