Eduqas GCSE History key terms

A cinema where audiences watch a film while sitting in their cars.

An enclosed dock from which water can be removed so that workers can reach the parts of a ship normally below water.

A territory held by a duke or duchess. Aquitaine was a duchy held by the English king under the overlordship of the French king.

The severe loss of dry topsoil through wind erosion in American farming regions during the 1930s, worsened by drought and damaging farming practices.

The rebellion against Spanish rule in the Netherlands, beginning in 1566, in which Protestant resistance to Catholic persecution was an important factor.

The period following the Middle Ages; in this lesson, particularly the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

A period of rapid economic growth, with rising production, sales and prosperity for many people.

A factor involving wealth, resources, taxation or trade that contributes to conflict.

Government direction of production, employment and resources towards its economic priorities.

The rapid growth of West Germany’s economy, especially during the 1950s, also called the Wirtschaftswunder.

A Crusader city and county whose capture by Zangi in December 1144 prompted calls for the Second Crusade.

SS and police killing squads that followed German armies into occupied territories and carried out mass murder.

All the people entitled to vote in an election or referendum.

The spread of electricity supplies to homes, factories and other buildings.

The examination taken at about age eleven to select pupils for different types of secondary school.

A supposedly magical liquid intended to prolong life indefinitely.

Freedom from restrictions or unequal treatment.

Leaving one country to settle in another.

The law passed on 23 March 1933 which allowed Hitler's government to make laws without the approval of the Reichstag.

The fencing off of land, including common land, for private use, restricting other people's access to it.

A person granted an encomienda by the Spanish authorities.

A Spanish colonial system granting an individual the right to demand labour or tribute from specified Indigenous communities, supposedly in return for protection and Christian instruction.

A hospital established or supported through a gift of money or property intended to finance its work.

A long poem recounting the adventures and achievements of a hero.

A widespread outbreak of an infectious disease within a population.

A proposed change to the US Constitution intended to prevent the denial of equal rights on account of sex; it did not secure the necessary state approval during 1950–2000.

The permanent worldwide elimination of a disease.