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October 1995 - GCSE History 5-a-day

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October 1995

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st October 1995In what way did mustard gas, introduced in 1917, work differently from chlorine and phosgene?
  2. 2nd October 1995In what year was the Hitler Youth founded?
  3. 3rd October 1995What phrase summarised the Nazi ideal role for women?
  4. 4th October 1995What is the difference between a Plains Indian tribe and a band?
  5. 5th October 1995What did the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 attempt to set out for different Plains Indian nations?
  6. 6th October 1995What kind of linking language should a strong narrative account use?
  7. 7th October 1995On what date did the Berlin Wall fall?
  8. 8th October 1995Give one reason Gorbachev wanted to end the costly arms race and the war in Afghanistan.
  9. 9th October 1995Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  10. 10th October 1995Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  11. 11th October 1995What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  12. 12th October 1995In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory for infants?
  13. 13th October 1995Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  14. 14th October 1995Why did Snow's conclusions take years to be fully accepted?
  15. 15th October 1995Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  16. 16th October 1995Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  17. 17th October 1995In what month and year did Hitler refound the banned Nazi Party?
  18. 18th October 1995What were the Hitler Youth and the League of German Maidens?
  19. 19th October 1995What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  20. 20th October 1995What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  21. 21st October 1995What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  22. 22nd October 1995When did Germany formally reunify?
  23. 23rd October 1995What event in December 1979 caused detente to collapse?
  24. 24th October 1995In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?
  25. 25th October 1995Name one unpaid role that carried out government business in the localities.
  26. 26th October 1995When and where was Drake knighted by Elizabeth?
  27. 27th October 1995Was the Public Health Act of 1848 compulsory or permissive?
  28. 28th October 1995What had Fleming noticed in his contaminated laboratory dish?
  29. 29th October 1995Why were workers at a nearby brewery largely unaffected by the 1854 outbreak?
  30. 30th October 1995What weather and terrain conditions made Passchendaele especially difficult for the medical services?
  31. 31st October 1995Why could chlorine gas at least be partly guarded against?