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May 1991 5-a-day

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May 1991

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  1. 1st May 1991Which country opened its border with Austria in May 1989, creating a route for East Germans to escape westward?
  2. 2nd May 1991What two reform policies did Gorbachev introduce inside the USSR from 1985?
  3. 3rd May 1991Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  4. 4th May 1991Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  5. 5th May 1991What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  6. 6th May 1991What kind of government response did the Great Plague of 1665 see?
  7. 7th May 1991Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  8. 8th May 1991In what year did cholera first reach Britain?
  9. 9th May 1991Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  10. 10th May 1991Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  11. 11th May 1991What percentage of the vote and how many Reichstag seats did the Nazi Party win in the May 1928 election?
  12. 12th May 1991How did school curriculums change under the Nazis?
  13. 13th May 1991What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  14. 14th May 1991What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  15. 15th May 1991What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  16. 16th May 1991What happened in August 1991, and how did it affect Gorbachev's authority?
  17. 17th May 1991Name one arms control agreement signed during the era of detente.
  18. 18th May 1991In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?
  19. 19th May 1991Name one unpaid role that carried out government business in the localities.
  20. 20th May 1991When and where was Drake knighted by Elizabeth?
  21. 21st May 1991What did the Public Health Act of 1875 require every council to provide?
  22. 22nd May 1991What had Fleming noticed in his contaminated laboratory dish?
  23. 23rd May 1991What symptom made cholera so rapidly fatal?
  24. 24th May 1991What weather and terrain conditions made Passchendaele especially difficult for the medical services?
  25. 25th May 1991Why could chlorine gas at least be partly guarded against?
  26. 26th May 1991What lesson did Hitler draw from the failed Munich Putsch about how to gain power?
  27. 27th May 1991Give one profession from which women were discouraged or barred under the Nazis.
  28. 28th May 1991Name two materials the buffalo provided to Plains Indian bands, other than meat.
  29. 29th May 1991Give one reason why the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 broke down.
  30. 30th May 1991How many pieces of information does the narrative account question usually give the student to use?
  31. 31st May 1991Why did border guards open the crossings at the Berlin Wall rather than using force to stop the crowds?