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January 1996 - GCSE History 5-a-day

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January 1996

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  1. 1st January 1996Give one profession from which women were discouraged or barred under the Nazis.
  2. 2nd January 1996What is the difference between a Plains Indian tribe and a band?
  3. 3rd January 1996What did the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 attempt to set out for different Plains Indian nations?
  4. 4th January 1996What kind of linking language should a strong narrative account use?
  5. 5th January 1996Why did border guards open the crossings at the Berlin Wall rather than using force to stop the crowds?
  6. 6th January 1996In what year did the Berlin Wall fall, and in what year did the USSR itself dissolve?
  7. 7th January 1996Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  8. 8th January 1996Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  9. 9th January 1996What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  10. 10th January 1996What was the main difference between the Public Health Acts of 1848 and 1875?
  11. 11th January 1996Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  12. 12th January 1996What did Snow's comparison of two London water companies show?
  13. 13th January 1996Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  14. 14th January 1996Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  15. 15th January 1996In what year was the Hitler Youth founded?
  16. 16th January 1996What phrase summarised the Nazi ideal role for women?
  17. 17th January 1996What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  18. 18th January 1996What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  19. 19th January 1996What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  20. 20th January 1996On what date did the Berlin Wall fall?
  21. 21st January 1996Give one reason Gorbachev wanted to end the costly arms race and the war in Afghanistan.
  22. 22nd January 1996In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?
  23. 23rd January 1996Name one unpaid role that carried out government business in the localities.
  24. 24th January 1996When and where was Drake knighted by Elizabeth?
  25. 25th January 1996In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory for infants?
  26. 26th January 1996What had Fleming noticed in his contaminated laboratory dish?
  27. 27th January 1996Why did Snow's conclusions take years to be fully accepted?
  28. 28th January 1996What weather and terrain conditions made Passchendaele especially difficult for the medical services?
  29. 29th January 1996Why could chlorine gas at least be partly guarded against?
  30. 30th January 1996In what month and year did Hitler refound the banned Nazi Party?
  31. 31st January 1996What were the Hitler Youth and the League of German Maidens?