Paper 1 USSR
What position did Stalin have in the Communist Party before he became undisputed leader?
General Secretary
Who was leader of the Soviet Union after Khrushchev?
Brezhnev
What President came up with the New Deal?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What nurse was sent to Scutari in 1854?
Florence Nightingale
Name one invention of the industrial revolution.
The Spinning Jenny, the steam engine, the camera, dynamite
How many Five Year Plans were there under Stalin?
4 (3 before WW2 and one after)
What was the name of the US pilot whose plan was shot down in the U-2 incident?
Gary Powers
What does WPA stand for?
Works Progress Administration
What are the four humours?
Black bile, yellow bile, blood and phlegm
Name the three main claimants to the throne in 1066.
Harald Hardrada, Harold Godwinson and William of Normandy
When was the Holodomor?
1932-33
When was the Potsdam Conference? (months and year please)
July-August 1945
Name one radical individual who opposed the New Deal.
Father Coughlin, Huey Long, Francis Townsend, Upton Sinclair
Name one voluntary organisation that women formed in WW1.
QUAIMNS, FANY, VAD
What were the two types of plague you could get if you had the Black Death?
Bubonic and pneumonic
Name one ethnic group that Stalin purged.
Jews, Fins, Volga Germans
How many Cuban exiles invaded Cuba in the Bay of Bigs invasion?
1400
Between 1927-29, how many Americans were involved in buying stocks and shares?
1.5 million
Name the two individuals who were able to mass produce penicillin.
Florey and Chain
When did the USA join WW2?
1941
A famous Soviet novel, written in 1925, told the story of Gleb Chumalov who brought a cement factory back into production after the Civil War. Do you know the name of the novel?
Cement
What was the name of the line/border that divided North and South Korea?
38th parallel
What was the name of the first film released in the USA with sound?
The Jazz Singer
What were the dates that the Liberal Government were in power?
1906-1911
When was the Peasants Revolt?
1381