Eduqas GCSE History key terms

A blood sport in which a chained bear was attacked by dogs in front of spectators.

An area or route assigned to a police officer for regular patrol.

A person associated with the Beat Generation, which challenged conventional American values and lifestyles.

A Nazi organisation that sought to improve workplaces, although workers could be required to carry out the improvements in unpaid extra time.

The programme of railway line and station closures associated with Richard Beeching's proposals to make British railways more economical.

The western Allied operation that supplied West Berlin by aircraft during the Soviet blockade of 1948–49.

The Soviet closure of road and rail links between West Berlin and the western zones from June 1948 to May 1949, intended to force the western Allies to leave Berlin.

The fortified border surrounding West Berlin, begun on 13 August 1961 to prevent people escaping from East Germany to the West.

William Beveridge’s 1942 report proposing measures to tackle want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness in Britain.

A region of the rural south-eastern USA where strict Protestant Christianity had considerable social and political influence.

Accommodation provided for soldiers in civilian buildings, including private houses.

The major plague epidemic that reached England in 1348 and Norwich in 1349.

Illegal trading that avoids official controls, including wartime rationing.

Restrictions requiring lights to be screened so that they could not be seen from outside and help enemy aircraft identify targets.

A movement emphasising black racial pride, empowerment and greater control over black communities’ lives.

The sustained German bombing campaign against British towns and cities, particularly from September 1940 to May 1941.

A German method of rapid attack using aircraft and armoured forces together; the name means ‘lightning war’. It is distinct from the sustained bombing of British cities known as the Blitz.

Using armed forces to prevent ships entering or leaving an enemy port or coastline, restricting supplies and trade.

A small fortified military post. British blockhouses and connecting barbed wire helped restrict Boer movement.

The deliberate removal of a patient’s blood, intended to restore health by correcting a supposed imbalance of bodily fluids.

An activity enjoyed as sport or entertainment that involves injuring or killing animals.

The collection of laws that made a large number of offences punishable by death in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain.

The killing of thirteen people by British soldiers during an anti-internment march in Derry on 30 January 1972; another victim later died of his wounds.

A form of music with African American roots in the southern United States, often expressing hardship, sorrow or resilience.

Going aboard an enemy ship to fight its crew and attempt to capture it.

A wedge-shaped Viking formation, sometimes consisting of 20–30 warriors, used to try to break an enemy shield wall.

A member of the Dutch-descended settler population of South Africa. The name means ‘farmer’ in Dutch and Afrikaans.