Eduqas GCSE History key terms

A dispute about who should hold power, how government should operate or who should control territory.

A contribution collected from trade union members to finance political activity, such as supporting parliamentary candidates.

A tax charged on individuals rather than directly on their property or income. The unpopular tax collected in 1381 helped trigger the Peasants’ Revolt.

Belief in and worship of more than one god.

A scented substance, often carried in a small container, intended to protect its owner from supposedly disease-causing bad air.

The system through which local authorities provided assistance to poor people, financed by local taxation.

A compulsory local payment collected to finance assistance for the poor.

Assistance provided to people in poverty, including food, shelter and support in obtaining work.

Entertainment, music, books and other cultural activities enjoyed by large numbers of people.

A group summoned by the sheriff to help capture criminals, including those who had escaped local pursuit.

The broad agreement between the main political parties after 1945 on measures such as the welfare state, a mixed economy and government responsibility for maintaining employment.

A thick soup or stew commonly made from vegetables and grain.

A condition in which people lack the resources needed to meet basic needs, such as food and shelter.

A level of income below which people are considered unable to meet their basic needs.

A bomb or missile whose guidance system directs it towards a selected target, improving accuracy compared with an unguided weapon.

A factory-made house assembled quickly from prefabricated sections, used to provide temporary accommodation after the Second World War.

Construction using standard components manufactured in advance and assembled on site.

A Protestant who wanted the Church governed through ministers and elders rather than bishops.

A government relying primarily on presidential support rather than a parliamentary majority.

A group sent to obtain recruits by force for military service, especially naval service.

Emergency legislation passed in November 1974 which banned the IRA in Britain and gave the authorities powers including detention of suspects for up to seven days without charge and exclusion from Britain.

The prolonged rise in European prices from roughly 1500 to 1650, to which the influx of American silver contributed.

An inheritance system in which the eldest legitimate son inherited the family’s land.

A privately operated armed ship, or its commander, authorised by a government to attack enemy shipping.

A proposed law introduced by an individual MP or peer rather than by the government.

A police organisation funded or controlled by private interests to protect particular property, businesses or facilities.

The transfer of a business or industry from state ownership to private ownership.