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Flashcards for Pearson Edexcel GCSE History (1HI0), split into Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 and then by option and key topic in the specification's order. Each Paper 1 thematic study carries its paired historic environment site. Delete or suspend any option your course does not take once the deck is yours.

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What is inside (85 subdecks)

  • Paper 1: Thematic study and historic environment480 cards
    • 10 Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000-present137 cards
      • c1000-c1500: Crime and punishment in medieval England27 cards
      • c1500-c1700: Crime and punishment in early modern England25 cards
      • c1700-c1900: Crime and punishment in 18th and 19th century Britain21 cards
      • c1900-present: Crime and punishment in modern Britain22 cards
      • Historic environment: Whitechapel, c1870-c190042 cards
    • 11 Medicine in Britain, c1250-present118 cards
      • c1250-c1500: Medicine in medieval England20 cards
      • c1500-c1700: The Medical Renaissance in England21 cards
      • c1700-c1900: Medicine in 18th and 19th century Britain22 cards
      • c1900-present: Medicine in modern Britain20 cards
      • Historic environment: The British sector of the Western Front, 1914-1835 cards
    • 12 Warfare and British society, c1250-present112 cards
      • c1250-c1500: Medieval warfare and English society20 cards
      • c1500-c1700: Warfare and English society in the early modern period20 cards
      • c1700-c1900: Warfare and British society in the 18th and 19th centuries20 cards
      • c1900-present: Warfare and British society in the modern era21 cards
      • Historic environment: London and the Second World War, 1939-4531 cards
    • 13 Migrants in Britain, c800-present113 cards
      • c800-c1500: Migration in medieval England20 cards
      • c1500-c1700: Migration in early modern England20 cards
      • c1700-c1900: Migration in 18th and 19th century Britain20 cards
      • c1900-present: Migration in modern Britain21 cards
      • Historic environment: Notting Hill, c1948-c197032 cards
  • Paper 2: Period study and British depth study592 cards
    • British depth studies281 cards
      • B1 Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060-8882 cards
        • Key topic 1: Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest, 1060-6629 cards
        • Key topic 2: William I in power, securing the kingdom, 1066-8722 cards
        • Key topic 3: Norman England, 1066-8831 cards
      • B2 The reigns of King Richard I and King John, 1189-121672 cards
        • Key topic 1: Life and government in England, 1189-121629 cards
        • Key topic 2: Involvements overseas, 1189-120421 cards
        • Key topic 3: King John's downfall, 1205-1622 cards
      • B3 Henry VIII and his ministers, 1509-4067 cards
        • Key topic 1: Henry VIII and Wolsey, 1509-2927 cards
        • Key topic 2: Henry VIII and Cromwell, 1529-4020 cards
        • Key topic 3: The Reformation and its impact, 1529-4020 cards
      • B4 Early Elizabethan England, 1558-8860 cards
        • Key topic 1: Queen, government and religion, 1558-6920 cards
        • Key topic 2: Challenges to Elizabeth at home and abroad, 1569-8820 cards
        • Key topic 3: Elizabethan society in the Age of Exploration, 1558-8820 cards
    • Period studies311 cards
      • P1 Spain and the New World, c1490-c155561 cards
        • Key topic 1: Spain reaches the Americas, c1490-151221 cards
        • Key topic 2: The conquistadors, 1513-c152820 cards
        • Key topic 3: The Spanish Empire, c1528-c155520 cards
      • P2 British America, 1713-83: empire and revolution61 cards
        • Key topic 1: British settlement in North America, 1713-4121 cards
        • Key topic 2: A disrupted society, 1742-6420 cards
        • Key topic 3: The loss of an empire, 1765-8320 cards
      • P3 The American West, c1835-c189561 cards
        • Key topic 1: The early settlement of the West, c1835-c186220 cards
        • Key topic 2: Development of the Plains, c1862-c187620 cards
        • Key topic 3: Later developments in the West, c1876-c189521 cards
      • P4 Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-9166 cards
        • Key topic 1: The origins of the Cold War, 1941-5824 cards
        • Key topic 2: Cold War crises, 1958-7021 cards
        • Key topic 3: The end of the Cold War, 1970-9121 cards
      • P5 Conflict in the Middle East, 1945-9562 cards
        • Key topic 1: The birth of the state of Israel, 1945-6321 cards
        • Key topic 2: The escalating conflict, 1964-7320 cards
        • Key topic 3: Attempts at a solution, 1974-9521 cards
  • Paper 3: Modern depth study352 cards
    • 30 Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917-4189 cards
      • Key topic 1: The revolutions of 191723 cards
      • Key topic 2: The Bolsheviks in power, 1917-2424 cards
      • Key topic 3: Stalin's rise to power and dictatorship, 1924-4121 cards
      • Key topic 4: Economic and social changes, 1924-4121 cards
    • 31 Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-3991 cards
      • Key topic 1: The Weimar Republic, 1918-2925 cards
      • Key topic 2: Hitler's rise to power, 1919-3320 cards
      • Key topic 3: Nazi control and dictatorship, 1933-3922 cards
      • Key topic 4: Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-3924 cards
    • 32 Mao's China, 1945-7683 cards
      • Key topic 1: Establishing communist rule, 1945-5920 cards
      • Key topic 2: Economic policy, 1949-6520 cards
      • Key topic 3: The Cultural Revolution and its aftermath, 1966-7622 cards
      • Key topic 4: Life in Mao's China, 1949-7621 cards
    • 33 The USA, 1954-75: conflict at home and abroad89 cards
      • Key topic 1: The development of the civil rights movement, 1954-6021 cards
      • Key topic 2: Protest, progress and radicalism, 1960-7528 cards
      • Key topic 3: US involvement in the Vietnam War, 1954-7520 cards
      • Key topic 4: Reactions to, and the end of, US involvement in Vietnam, 1964-7520 cards

Some of its cards

  • What new crime linked to poverty appeared in the sixteenth century?
    Vagabondage
  • What was the Revolt of the Northern Earls (1569-70)?
    A rebellion by Catholic northern nobles aiming to replace Elizabeth with Mary, Queen of Scots
  • Give three sources of migration to Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries.
    Ireland, Europe and the British Empire
  • What legal system enforced racial separation in the Southern states in the early 1950s?
    Segregation, under 'Jim Crow' laws
  • Give three sources of migration to Britain in the twentieth century.
    Ireland, Europe, and the British Empire and Commonwealth
  • What were Nazi views on women and the family?
    Women's role was to be wives and mothers, focused on 'Kinder, Kuche, Kirche' (children, kitchen, church)
  • What did the Anglo-Saxon earls do soon after the Battle of Hastings?
    They submitted to William, accepting him as king
  • Why did cavalry decline in importance during the 18th and 19th centuries?
    Improved firearms made mounted charges increasingly costly and less effective
  • What new army roles developed in the twentieth century?
    A logistics corps to supply and support forces, and specialised bomb disposal units
  • What was Spain like around 1490, in terms of its outlook?
    Driven by a crusading spirit and ambitions to expand its influence abroad, following the Reconquista

And 1414 more once you add the deck.