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Chapter 4, The league of nations Flashcards

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1
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What were the aims of the league (4)

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  • collective security
  • encourage disarmament
  • improve living quality and work conditions
  • tackle deadly diseases
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what is collective security

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countries collaborating to prevent war

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3
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How many countries initially joined

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42

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4
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how many countries had joined by 1934

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58

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5
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which counties were permanent members of the council (4)

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  • Britain
  • france
  • italy
  • Japan
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how did they deal with aggression

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through the covenant

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what methods did the covenant include (4)

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  • mitigation
  • moral condemnation
  • economic sanctions
  • military force
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what does mitigation mean

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getting a country to talk

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9
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what was the structure of the league (1,3,1)

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assembly

the council, the permanent court of international justice, the secretariat

the special commissions

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what were the assembly

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an international Parliament where each member state would meet once a year to vote on issues.

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what were the council

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a meeting more often than the assembly consisting of the main four and four others voted in. they could veto assembly decisions

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what was the permanent court of international justice

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an international court of law that could merely give hearings and non compulsory advice

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what was the secretariat

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administration

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what were the special commissions

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special groups formed to tackle specific issues

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What were the international labour organisation

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they wanted to improve working conditions

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what was the commission for refugees

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wanted to help people who had lost their homes due to war with camps or new homes

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what was the slavery commission

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wanted to end slavery

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what was the economic and financial committee

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wanted to improve living conditions

19
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what was the organisation for communications and transport

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wanted to improve how countries worked together

20
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what was the health organisation

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wanted to cure diseases

21
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what was the permanent central narcotics board

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wanted to tackle the trade of illegal drugs

22
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what were all the leagues special commissions (7)

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  • International labour organisation
  • commission for refugees
  • slavery commission
  • economic and financial committee
  • organisation for communications and transport
  • health organisation
  • permanent central narcotics board
23
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was the aaland Islands a success

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yes

24
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what was the aaland Islands incident

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sweden and finland fighting over the islands which was settled when the league gave them to Finland and forbade the construction of forts

25
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was upper silesia a success

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yes and no

26
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what happened in Upper silesia

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there was a plebiscite over who would own it
germans won by 60% but Poland complained and the league split it according to how areas voted
poland was mad because it got a third of the land and half the population
Germany was mad because Poland got most of the industrial land
both grudgingly accepted

27
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was vilna a success

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no

28
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what happened in the vilna incident

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the capital of Lithuania had many polish people so Poland invaded
the league did nothing to help as poland were seen as a strong ally against Germany

29
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was corfu a success

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no

30
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what happened in the corfu incident

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an Italian general and his team murdered while surveying land in Greece
mussolini invaded after demanding compensation even tho Greece had no idea who did it
the league condemned mussolini so he went to the conference of ambassadors and greece was forced to apologise and pay compensation

31
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was Bulgaria a success

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no and yes

32
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what happened in the Bulgaria incident

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greek troops were killed on the Bulgarian boarder soldiers Greece invaded
the leagues forced them to withdraw and pay compensation

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