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When did Louis Pasteur publish Germ Theory?
1861
What form of transport was at the centre of the Mukden incident?
A train of the Japanese owned South Manchurian railway.
What connected the Saar and the League of Nations?
The Saar had been given to the the League of Nations for 15 years as a result of the Treaty of Versailles. This was due to expire in 1935.
What are two men with surnames Chain and Florey famous for?
Developing the work of Fleming on penicillin and antibiotics
What name is given to the type of doctor who performs operations?
Surgeon
Which theme is John Hunter connected to?
Surgery and Anatomy.
What name is given to the type of doctor who performs operations?
Surgeon
In what month and year was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
June 1919
Which of the League of Nations organisation listed below met only once a year? A. The Assembly B. The Council C. The Permanent court of International Justice D. The Secretariat E. The special commissions
A
What is an epidemic?
A disease which spreads widely, harms/kills lots of people and is very difficult to stop.
When was John of Aderne around?
In the Middle AGes.
What were mandates?
Germany’s colonies in Africa which, as part of the Treaty of Versailles, were in the control of the League of Nations (especially Britain and France).
In what year and period did Fleming discover penicllin?
1928 - twentieth century
Why was Democracy a problem for the Kaiser in the early 1900s?
The Kaiser’s right wing friends were declining in influence. Left wing parties (concerned with workers rights) were growing.
What famous book did Avicenna write?
The Canon of Medicine
When was the printing press invented?
1451.
What did Edward Jenner discover?
Smallpox vaccination using cowpox
On what condition were the Aland islands granted to Finland in 1921?
Finland was not allowed to build military bases on the islands.
What was not allowed in the Rhineland and what was this called?
No troops, weapons or fortifications. This is called being demilitarised.
Which country lost out in the Treaty of Sevres?
Turkey
What was Edwin Chadwick’s big discovery?
That high poor rate in some towns resulted from some people being too unwell to work due to poor living conditions.
What was the ‘stab in the back’ myth?
A belief held by many Germans that at the end of WW1 they had not really lost but had been betrayed by their own leaders, namely the Weimar republic.
In a Christian church hospital of the Middle Ages, who would treat your illness?
Nobody. Christians believed God would cure you, they only made you comfortable and prayed for you.
What was the year and details of the Kaiser’s second Naval law?
- Doubled the number of battleships to be built each year (to 38).