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October 1993 - GCSE History 5-a-day

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October 1993

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  1. 1st October 1993Where in the answer should specific factual detail (names, dates, places) appear?
  2. 2nd October 1993On what date did the Berlin Wall fall?
  3. 3rd October 1993Give one reason Gorbachev wanted to end the costly arms race and the war in Afghanistan.
  4. 4th October 1993Who were Elizabeth's parents?
  5. 5th October 1993What was the Privy Council?
  6. 6th October 1993What did John Hawkins pioneer in the 1560s?
  7. 7th October 1993In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory for infants?
  8. 8th October 1993Who accidentally discovered penicillin's antibacterial effect, and in what year?
  9. 9th October 1993Why did Snow's conclusions take years to be fully accepted?
  10. 10th October 1993What is significant about the first day of the Battle of the Somme in terms of British casualties?
  11. 11th October 1993In what way did mustard gas, introduced in 1917, work differently from chlorine and phosgene?
  12. 12th October 1993In what month and year did Hitler refound the banned Nazi Party?
  13. 13th October 1993What were the Hitler Youth and the League of German Maidens?
  14. 14th October 1993What is the difference between a Plains Indian tribe and a band?
  15. 15th October 1993What did the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 attempt to set out for different Plains Indian nations?
  16. 16th October 1993What kind of linking language should a strong narrative account use?
  17. 17th October 1993When did Germany formally reunify?
  18. 18th October 1993What event in December 1979 caused detente to collapse?
  19. 19th October 1993Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  20. 20th October 1993Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  21. 21st October 1993What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  22. 22nd October 1993Was the Public Health Act of 1848 compulsory or permissive?
  23. 23rd October 1993Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  24. 24th October 1993Why were workers at a nearby brewery largely unaffected by the 1854 outbreak?
  25. 25th October 1993Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  26. 26th October 1993Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  27. 27th October 1993What was a Gauleiter?
  28. 28th October 1993What award did the Nazis give to mothers of large families?
  29. 29th October 1993What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  30. 30th October 1993What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  31. 31st October 1993What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?