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November 1990 5-a-day

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November 1990

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st November 1990What kind of linking language should a strong narrative account use?
  2. 2nd November 1990Why did border guards open the crossings at the Berlin Wall rather than using force to stop the crowds?
  3. 3rd November 1990In what year did the Berlin Wall fall, and in what year did the USSR itself dissolve?
  4. 4th November 1990Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  5. 5th November 1990Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  6. 6th November 1990What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  7. 7th November 1990What was the main difference between the Public Health Acts of 1848 and 1875?
  8. 8th November 1990Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  9. 9th November 1990What did Snow's comparison of two London water companies show?
  10. 10th November 1990Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  11. 11th November 1990Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  12. 12th November 1990In what year was the Hitler Youth founded?
  13. 13th November 1990What phrase summarised the Nazi ideal role for women?
  14. 14th November 1990What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  15. 15th November 1990What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  16. 16th November 1990What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  17. 17th November 1990On what date did the Berlin Wall fall?
  18. 18th November 1990Give one reason Gorbachev wanted to end the costly arms race and the war in Afghanistan.
  19. 19th November 1990In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?
  20. 20th November 1990Name one unpaid role that carried out government business in the localities.
  21. 21st November 1990When and where was Drake knighted by Elizabeth?
  22. 22nd November 1990In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory for infants?
  23. 23rd November 1990What had Fleming noticed in his contaminated laboratory dish?
  24. 24th November 1990Why did Snow's conclusions take years to be fully accepted?
  25. 25th November 1990What weather and terrain conditions made Passchendaele especially difficult for the medical services?
  26. 26th November 1990Why could chlorine gas at least be partly guarded against?
  27. 27th November 1990In what month and year did Hitler refound the banned Nazi Party?
  28. 28th November 1990What were the Hitler Youth and the League of German Maidens?
  29. 29th November 1990Name two materials the buffalo provided to Plains Indian bands, other than meat.
  30. 30th November 1990Give one reason why the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 broke down.