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October 1992 - GCSE History 5-a-day

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October 1992

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  1. 1st October 1992In which year, and near which town, did the Germans first use chlorine gas in a large-scale attack on the Western Front?
  2. 2nd October 1992Why is the period 1925-1928 sometimes called the Nazi Party's 'lean years'?
  3. 3rd October 1992Why were some restrictions on women working quietly relaxed later in the 1930s?
  4. 4th October 1992Why did Plains Indian bands often organise communal buffalo hunts rather than hunting alone?
  5. 5th October 1992What broad change in US government policy towards Plains Indians did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 begin?
  6. 6th October 1992Where in the answer should specific factual detail (names, dates, places) appear?
  7. 7th October 1992Which country opened its border with Austria in May 1989, creating a route for East Germans to escape westward?
  8. 8th October 1992What two reform policies did Gorbachev introduce inside the USSR from 1985?
  9. 9th October 1992Who were Elizabeth's parents?
  10. 10th October 1992What was the Privy Council?
  11. 11th October 1992What did John Hawkins pioneer in the 1560s?
  12. 12th October 1992What kind of government response did the Great Plague of 1665 see?
  13. 13th October 1992Who accidentally discovered penicillin's antibacterial effect, and in what year?
  14. 14th October 1992In what year did cholera first reach Britain?
  15. 15th October 1992What is significant about the first day of the Battle of the Somme in terms of British casualties?
  16. 16th October 1992In what way did mustard gas, introduced in 1917, work differently from chlorine and phosgene?
  17. 17th October 1992What percentage of the vote and how many Reichstag seats did the Nazi Party win in the May 1928 election?
  18. 18th October 1992How did school curriculums change under the Nazis?
  19. 19th October 1992What is the difference between a Plains Indian tribe and a band?
  20. 20th October 1992What did the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 attempt to set out for different Plains Indian nations?
  21. 21st October 1992What kind of linking language should a strong narrative account use?
  22. 22nd October 1992What happened in August 1991, and how did it affect Gorbachev's authority?
  23. 23rd October 1992Name one arms control agreement signed during the era of detente.
  24. 24th October 1992Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  25. 25th October 1992Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  26. 26th October 1992What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  27. 27th October 1992What did the Public Health Act of 1875 require every council to provide?
  28. 28th October 1992Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  29. 29th October 1992What symptom made cholera so rapidly fatal?
  30. 30th October 1992Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  31. 31st October 1992Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?