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October 1994 - GCSE History 5-a-day

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October 1994

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  1. 1st October 1994What did John Hawkins pioneer in the 1560s?
  2. 2nd October 1994Give one reason government legislation on public health increased through the nineteenth century.
  3. 3rd October 1994Who accidentally discovered penicillin's antibacterial effect, and in what year?
  4. 4th October 1994What action did Snow persuade local officials to take?
  5. 5th October 1994What is significant about the first day of the Battle of the Somme in terms of British casualties?
  6. 6th October 1994In what way did mustard gas, introduced in 1917, work differently from chlorine and phosgene?
  7. 7th October 1994Why is the period 1925-1928 sometimes called the Nazi Party's 'lean years'?
  8. 8th October 1994Why were some restrictions on women working quietly relaxed later in the 1930s?
  9. 9th October 1994What is the difference between a Plains Indian tribe and a band?
  10. 10th October 1994What did the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 attempt to set out for different Plains Indian nations?
  11. 11th October 1994What kind of linking language should a strong narrative account use?
  12. 12th October 1994Which country opened its border with Austria in May 1989, creating a route for East Germans to escape westward?
  13. 13th October 1994What two reform policies did Gorbachev introduce inside the USSR from 1985?
  14. 14th October 1994Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  15. 15th October 1994Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  16. 16th October 1994What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  17. 17th October 1994What kind of government response did the Great Plague of 1665 see?
  18. 18th October 1994Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  19. 19th October 1994In what year did cholera first reach Britain?
  20. 20th October 1994Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  21. 21st October 1994Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  22. 22nd October 1994What percentage of the vote and how many Reichstag seats did the Nazi Party win in the May 1928 election?
  23. 23rd October 1994How did school curriculums change under the Nazis?
  24. 24th October 1994What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  25. 25th October 1994What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  26. 26th October 1994What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  27. 27th October 1994What happened in August 1991, and how did it affect Gorbachev's authority?
  28. 28th October 1994Name one arms control agreement signed during the era of detente.
  29. 29th October 1994In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?
  30. 30th October 1994Name one unpaid role that carried out government business in the localities.
  31. 31st October 1994When and where was Drake knighted by Elizabeth?