Example National 5 History questions - Describe

1. Describe questions
Era of the Great War
1. Describe the conditions Scottish soldiers faced in the trenches
2. Describe the economic difficulties faced by Scotland after the Great War
3. Describe the use of technology on the Western Front
4. Describe the peaceful activities of women campaigning for the vote
5. Describe political protests in Scotland between 1915 and 1919.
6. Describe the methods used by women to campaign for the vote in the
period 1900 to 1914
7. Describe examples of women’s work during World War One
8. Describe events during the 1915 Glasgow Rent Strikes
9. Describe methods used to recruit soldiers during World War One
10. Describe rules introduced by the Defence of the Realm Act
11. Describe the treatment of conscientious objectors during the Great War
12. Describe political problems faced by the Weimar Republic between 1919
and 1923
13. Describe the economic difficulties faced by Scotland after 1918
The Atlantic Slave Trade
1. Describe the different ways that people became slaves.
2. Describe the methods used by abolitionists to try and end the slave trade.
3. Describe the ways that slaves were prepared and sold in the Americas.
4. Describe the different stages of the Triangular Trade.

2. 5. Describe conditions for slaves during the Middle Passage.
6. Describe what happened to slaves at the end of the Middle Passage.
7. Describe the ways that Britain profited from the Slave Trade.
8. Describe the tactics used by people who opposed slavery to win support for
their cause.
9. Describe the methods used to discipline slaves on the plantations
Hitler and Nazi Germany
1. Describe the events of the Munich Beer Hall Putsch in 1923.
2. Describe the appeal of Adolf Hitler to many Germans between 1929 and
1933
3. Describe the treatment of the Jews in Nazi Germany
4. Describe the rights all Germans had in the Weimar Republic
5. Describe Hitler’s foreign policy plans after 1933
6. Describe steps taken by Hitler to increase Germany’s military strength
7. Describe events at the 1933 Reichstag Fire
8. Describe the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles
9. Describe events at the 1919 Spartacist Revolt
10. Describe actions taken by the Nazis to improve Germany’s economy
11. Describe the actions of groups opposing the Nazis, 1933-1939
12. Describe actions taken by the Nazis to influence young people, 1933-39
13. Describe the propaganda of the Nazi Party, 1933-39
14. Describe the political system in Weimar Germany
15. Describe the changes the Nazis made to the education system