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Who was Neville Chamberlain?

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Prime Minister of Britain 1937-40.

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Why was Socialism a problem for the Kaiser in the early 1900s?

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The gap between the rich and poor had widened due to industrialisation. Poorly paid workers had joined trade unions to try to force the Kaiser to improve their conditions.

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What did Hitler show off at the ‘Freedom to Rearm rally’ in 1935?

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The weapons and troops he had been secretly building up.

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What do the words Mein Kampf mean?

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Book written by Hitler, title means ‘My struggle’

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How did the Kasier try to solve the problem of Democracy?

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The Kaiser used nationalism to get the support of the upper and middle classes.

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What was the financial impact of the Kaiser’s naval laws?

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They were very expensive and by 1914 Germany was 5 billion marks in debt.

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Who were Schuschnigg and Seyss-Inquart?

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The final two chancellors of Austria before Anschluss was acheived.

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In what country would you have found the Sudetenland?

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Czechoslovakia

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Why was the Saar important to Germany?

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It was an important industrial area with many coal mines.

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Why was Democracy a problem for the Kaiser in the early 1900s?

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The Kaiser’s right wing friends were declining in influence. Left wing parties (concerned with workers rights) were growing.

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Which of Hitler’s foreign policy aims is not included in RUT?

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destroy communism

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In what year was the Dollfus affair?

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1934

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What was Edwin Chadwick’s big discovery?

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That high poor rate in some towns resulted from some people being too unwell to work due to poor living conditions.

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What is an epidemic?

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A disease which spreads widely, harms/kills lots of people and is very difficult to stop.

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Define natural explanations of disease.

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Explanations based on physical evidence, observation and scientific deduction (even if the science is wrong).

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What does RUT have to do with Hitler’s foreign policy aims for Germany?

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R = rearm U = unite T = territory

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When did Germany invade Poland?

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1st September 1939.

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How did the Kaiser solve the problem of industrialisation?

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He gained the support of rich businessmen to improve Germany’s industrial strength. The growth in population (40 million in 1871 to 68 million in 1914) also helped.

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Which countries signed the Anti-Comintern pact and what did they agree?

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Germany and Japan. They agreed to work together against Communism.

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Had Hitler always wanted war with Britain?

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No, he suggested a 25 year non-aggression pact in 1936, but Britain refused.

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What does the word Lebensraum mean?

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Living space for Germany.

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Which countries made an agreement in the Stresa Front?

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Britain, France and Italy.

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What did Austrian Nazis do in 1934?

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They caused havoc across Austria and murdered the Chancellor, Engleburt Dollfuss.

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What are alternative names for the industrial period?

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The nineteenth century and the industrial revolution.

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What was the main difference between the 1848 and 1875 Public Health Acts?
The first was voluntary, the second was compulsory.
26
What is surgery and anatomy the story of?
The story of people's knowledge through History of the human body plus how operations have changed and improved over time.
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How many Austrians voted in favour of Anschluss in the April 1938 plebiscite?
99%
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By 1912, what did the Kaiser realise was one way to unite his country and stop the complaints of the SDP?
Get Germany into a war (WW1).
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Who tried to stop Germany when troops were sent into the Rhineland?
Nobody.
30
In what year was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?
1939
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In what month and year and was the Paris Peace conference?
Jan 1919
32
When during the Egyptian period was the library at Alexandria opened?
It wasn’t. It was built in the Greek period.
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What was a consequence of the Kaiser's work to industrialise Germany?
Increased the gap between rich and poor and made the workers unhappy about their poor wages.
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-What disease did Pasteur first use his vaccination ideas to treat a human for?
Rabies.
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What was the Austrian Nazi party planning in January 1938?
To overthrow Schuschnigg.
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Who was Joseph Stalin?
Dictator of the Communist USSR.
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Why would Hitler have considered the outcome of the Saar plebiscite a success?
Because the area would have been returned to German control which connected to his 'unite' foreign policy aim.
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What was unusual about the Anschluss plebiscite held in April 1938?
It was conducted AFTER the invasion of Austria by Nazi troops had already happened. Those voting were encouraged to vote 'yes' by Nazi stormtroopers and a bigger 'yes' circle on the voting slip.
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What worried the British government during recruitment for the Boer War in 1899?
40 out of every 100 volunteers were unfit for military service.
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How big was the League of Nations' army?
0, it didn't have one.
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What was agreed in the Pact of Steel?
The armies of Italy, Japan and Germany would work together in any war that broke out.
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In what country was the Saar region?
Germany
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In what year was the Saar plebiscite?
1935
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In what year did Hitler achieve Anschluss with Austria?
1938
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What does the word Bolshevism mean?
Another name for Communism in Russia.
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Why was industrialisation a problem for the Kaiser in the early 1900s?
Germany's Navy and steel production was half that of Britain's. Wilhelm wanted Germany to be just as great as Britain.
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Why did Stalin of Russia make a deal with Hitler despite them being so different and Hitler hating Communists?
Stalin doubted the strength of the League, nobody stood up to Hitler over the remilitarisation of the Rhineland, he had been left out of the Munich agreement in 1938.
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Who set up the SDP (Social Democratic Party)?
German workers who were still unhappy with inequality in the Kaiser's Germany.
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-When did John Snow discover the link between cholera and dirty water?
1854.
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Why did Britain not act to stop Hitler when german troops entered the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia?
Britain was following a policy of appeasement.
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What entered the Rhineland on 7th March 1936?
German troops under orders to retreat if they met any resistance.
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-What were Koch’s three contributions towards discovering the causes of disease?
Solid medium, staining, method.
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What were the three main problems facing the Kaiser in the early 1900s?
Industrialisation, socialism, democracy.
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In what year and period did Joseph Bazalgette begin building London's underground sewer system?
1858 - industrial
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What does the Spanish civil war have to do with our topic?
One side in the Spanish Civil war were Fascists led by General Franco. Hitler and Mussolini sent troops and weapons to support him; this gave their forces a good opportunity to practice fighting.
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What does the word Volksdeutsche mean?
People of the German race
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In what year and period did James Simpson discover the anaesthetic properties of chloroform?
1847 - industrial
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-What did Edwin Chadwick's discovery lead to being passed?
The 1848 Public Health act?
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Who was Engleburt Dollfuss?
Chancellor of Austria in the early 1930s.
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What has CAR got to do with understanding about the vaccines that Louis Pasteur developed?
C = chicken cholera A = anthrax in sheep R = rabies in humans
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What are the years of the Industrial period?
1750-1900
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In what year was the 'Great stink' in London?
1858
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What was Dollfuss' view of Anschluss?
He was opposed to it.
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What are the three themes comprising the History of Medicine?
Disease and infection, surgery and anatomy, public health.
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What does the word Anschluss mean?
Uniting Germany and Austria
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Where was the Rhineland and what happened to it as part of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?
A strip of land which was part of Germany on the French/German border. It was demilitarised.
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What military forces was Germany allowed in the Treaty of Versailles?
Only 6 ships in the navy and no submarines. Only 100,000 soldiers in the army, conscription not allowed and no tanks. No airforce allowed either.
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Who was in the Pact of Steel?
Germany and Italy at first and then Japan in 1940.
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What was Lady Montague’s inoculation for?
Smallpox
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When did Louis Pasteur publish Germ Theory?
1861
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What is disease and infection the story of?
The story of what people throughout History believed made them unwell and how they tried to treat illnesses.
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What did Hitler demand at the League of Nations Disarmament conference in 1933?
That other countries (not just Germany) disarm. Then that Germany be allowed to have the same sized army as France.
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Why was the Sudetenland an attractive target for Hitler?
It belonged to Czechoslovakia which was a new country resulting from the Treaty of Versailles which Hitler opposed.I t had vast resources that Hitler could use such as railways, forts, factories. There were 3 million Volksdeutche there. It surrounded Czechoslovakia on three sides.
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What did Germany and Italy agree in the Rome-Berlin Axis?
They agreed that they would work more closely together in the future.
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What did Edward Jenner discover?
Smallpox vaccination using cowpox
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What was forbidden between Germany and Austria in the Treaty of Versailles (spelt correctly)?
Anchluss
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What did Britain, France and Italy agree in the Stresa Front?
Guarantee the terms of the Locarno Treaty, protect Austrian independence, work together to ensure Hitler stopped breaking the rules of the Treaty of Versailles,
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What was not allowed in the Rhineland and what was this called?
No troops, weapons or fortifications. This is called being demilitarised.
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What are the factors we use in the History of Medicine?
Religion, Chance, War, Individuals, Science & Technology , Communications.
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What was the military impact of the Kaiser's naval laws?
Encouraged war.
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Why did some people oppose Edward Jenner's vaccination?
They were worried about having animal matter injected into them.
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Whicb British Prime Minister believed in appeasement?
Neville Chamberlain
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In what year and period did Joseph Lister publish details of carbolic spray?
1867 - industrial
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What was the political impact of the Kaiser's naval laws?
They won him lots of support as played upon people's sense of patriotism.
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What was the Saar plebiscite to decide?
Who (France or Germany) should rule the area after the 15 years of being controlled by the League of Nations.
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How did John Snow's discovery challenge beliefs in Laissez-Faire?
Because Snow had proved that the government's not taking action was a direct cause of many deaths in London in 1854.
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How did the Kasier try to solve the problem of socialism?
Social reforms were introduced eg 1889 old age pensions plus sickness and accident insurance schemes.
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What did Mussolini do as a result of Telini and his men being murdered in 1923?
Blamed Greece and invaded the island of Corfu.
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What did the Treaty of Versailles decide would happen to the Saar?
It would be put under the control of the League of Nations for 15 years.
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What was the outcome for Hitler at the League of Nations Disarmament conference in 1933?
Germany left the League.
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What percentage of the population of the Saar voted in favour of being ruled by Germany?
90%
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What is a fun and memorable poem for remembering the first letter of each of the time periods (in the right order)?
People Eat Green Rolos During Rows In Turkey
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What name is given to the type of doctor who performs operations?
Surgeon
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Why was Anschluss not achieved in 1934?
The Austrian Army supported the (anti-Nazi) government plus Mussolini moved Italian troops to the Austrian border and threatened to invade if Hitler didn't back off.
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What was the choice between and the outcome of the Saar plebiscite?
Whether the areas should be governed by France or Germany. 90% of the population voted for Germany.
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Which country did Germany and the USSR agree to divide between the in the Nazi-Soviet Pact?
Poland
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Which countries were not invited to the Munich Agreement that should have been there?
Czechoslovakia and Russia.
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Who was Daladier?
President of France in the 1930s.
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Which country did the Rhineland belong to?
Germany.
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How did the Nazi-Soviet Pact push Britain closer to war?
Britain promised Poland that if Hitler invaded, they would declare war on Germany.
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What was Laissez-Faire?
A widely held belief at the start of the industrial period that it was not the job of government to try to improve public health.
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What was the Saar and what happened to it in the Treaty of Versailles?
An important industrial area of Germany. It was put under the control of the League of Nations for 15 years.
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Why did Britain not act to stop Hitler when the Rhineland was remiliaterised in 1936?
Britain was following a policy of appeasement.
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What was appeasement?
A British policy of giving Hitler a little of what he wanted in order to prevent a war.
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Who was Roosevelt (FDR)?
President of America for most of the 1930s.
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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.
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The Munich conference was an example of appeasement. Which country did it let down?
Czechoslovakia.

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