Eduqas GCSE History key terms

A campaign beginning in 1935 that celebrated exceptionally productive workers and encouraged others to exceed their production targets.

A situation in which opposing forces cannot make a decisive advance or achieve victory.

The quality of people’s everyday material life, including their income, housing and access to essential goods and services.

A permanent military force maintained in readiness, rather than raised only for a particular emergency.

The system that channelled the wool trade through designated markets, helping the Crown control trade and calculate taxes.

A long-established industry employing large numbers of workers, such as coal mining, shipbuilding or steelmaking in Britain.

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty: an agreement to reduce strategic nuclear weapons. START I was signed by the USA and Soviet Union in 1991.

East Germany’s state security service, which used surveillance, informants and imprisonment to identify and suppress opposition.

An organised police force established under public authority, rather than relying mainly on unpaid local residents or private law-enforcers.

A person’s position in society, including their rights, opportunities, influence and the respect they receive.

A law passed in 1351 which attempted to hold wages at their pre-Black Death level and restrict workers’ freedom to seek better-paid employment.

A public punishment in which a seated offender’s ankles were secured in a wooden framework.

A narrow stretch of water connecting two larger bodies of water. The Strait of Magellan provided a passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

The missile-defence programme announced by President Reagan in March 1983, intended to intercept incoming nuclear missiles and popularly called ‘Star Wars’.

The overall planning, co-ordination and direction of military operations to achieve the objectives of a war.

Watching or listening to content over the internet without needing to download the complete recording first.

A Nazi organisation that offered workers subsidised leisure activities and holidays to encourage acceptance of the regime and its working conditions.

The Nazi organisation that offered subsidised leisure activities and holidays to workers to encourage satisfaction and loyalty.

An actor belonging to a company that travelled between places to perform, rather than having a permanent theatre.

The killing of seven men associated with Bugs Moran's rival gang in Chicago on 14 February 1929. Attackers linked to Capone's gang used police disguise, lined the victims against a wall and shot them. No one was prosecuted for the massacre.

A group within wider society with distinctive styles, interests and attitudes.

Government financial support intended to help meet costs. A temporary subsidy supported the coal industry before the 1926 dispute.

The minimum resources needed to meet essential needs, especially enough food to survive.

The growth of residential areas on the outskirts of towns and cities, as people move into them.

The question of who would inherit the throne after the reigning monarch.

The right to vote in elections.

A campaigner for women’s voting rights associated with the militant methods of the WSPU.

A supporter of women’s voting rights who used constitutional, non-violent campaigning; particularly associated with Millicent Fawcett’s NUWSS.