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How many Greek civilians did Mussolini‘s army kill in the Corfu crisis, 1923?

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20 people

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How much was Greece fined as a result of the Corfu crisis?

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50 million lire

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How many countries were involved in the Kellog-Briand Pact to end war in 1928?

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65 countries

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How many soldiers did Italy use to conquer Abyssinia in 1936?

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100,000 men

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5
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What year did Italy suffer an embarrassing loss to Abyssinia?

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1895-96

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What was the growth rate of the NSDAP from 1920 to 1921?

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3000 members to 5000 members

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How long was Hitler imprisoned for?

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9 months

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What was the growth in seats for the NSDAP from 1928 to 1932?

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12 seats to 230 (14 million votes)

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9
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How many casualties did Britain, France and Germany have in the Battle of Somme?

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Britain - 420,000
France - 200,000
Germany - 500,000

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10
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How German soldiers died in WW1?

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2,000,000

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Where did Kaiser Wilhelm II flee to at the end of WW1?

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Holland

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How many workers striked during the Spartacist Revolt, January 1919?

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50,000 workers

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How many workers did the Freikorps kill in retaliation to the Spartacist Revolt?

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100 workers

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Who led the Spartacist Revolt?

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Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebknecht

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How often was a president elected for the Weimar Republic?

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Every 7 years

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How often were the Reichstag elections?

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Every 4 years

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17
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How much did Germany pay initially in reparations in 1921?

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2 billion gold marks

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18
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How many soldiers did Belgium and France send into the Ruhr in January, 1923?

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60,000 soldiers

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What was the inflation in the price of a loaf of bread in Germany from 1919 to 1922 to November 1923?

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1919 - 1 mark
1922 - 100 marks
November 1923 - 200 billion marks

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How much did the US loan to Germany as part of the Dawes Plan of 1924?

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800 million Rentenmarks

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21
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How many of Hitler’s stormtroopers were involved in the Munich Putsch and how many were killed?

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3000 stormtroopers were involved and 16 were killed

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22
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What were the League of Nation’s main weapons?

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trade sanctions and collective security

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23
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What became of the Aaland Islands?

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1921 Sweden and Finland argued over them. The League gave them to Finland.

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What did the League of Nations do to help Austria when it went bankrupt?

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1923 sent economists

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What did the League of Nations do about drugs in 1936?

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26 nations signed an international convention to combat the drug trade.

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What were the Locarno Treaties?

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1925 treaties that forces Germany to accept the borders and welcomes them into the League

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27
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What happened to Vilna, the capital of Lithuania, in 1921?

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Poland invaded it and ignored the League condemning them.

28
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What happened in Corfu, 1923?

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General Tellini was murdered on the border and Mussolini invaded the island of Corfu

29
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What years did the League attempt disarmament?

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1923 and 1932

30
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Why did Japan invade Manchuria and later Shanghai?

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  • Japan is mountainous and bad for agriculture whereas Manchuria is flat.
  • Japan was running out of land for their growing population
31
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When was the Rome-Berlin Axis?

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1936

32
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When was the Franco-Soviet Pact?

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1935

33
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When was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?

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1939

34
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When was the Wall Street Crash?

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October 1929

35
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When was Hitler elected chancellor?

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January 1933

36
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When was the Reichstag Fire?

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February 1933

37
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How many communists were arrested following the Reichstag Fire?

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4000

38
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What percent of the vote did Hitler get in March 1933 and why?

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66% because he dissolved the communist party who took up 81 seats

39
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When was Germany unified from 25 states?

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1871

40
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What challenges faced the Kaiser before WW1?

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SPD, trade unions and rapid industrialisation

41
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How many countries were in Germany’s empire?

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4

42
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How many people were part of the Bundesrat and what was it’s purpose?

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58 and to introduce/approve laws that would be passed on to the Bundestag

43
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How many people were part of the Bundestag?

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397

44
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How many PoVs were saved by the League in 1920?

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500,000

44
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How many slaves were freed by the League in 1926?

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200,000

44
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How much was Greece forced to pay Bulgaria following the Greco-Bulgarian dispute of 1925?

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£45,000

44
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When was the Manchurian Crisis?

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1931-1933

44
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When was the Abyssinian Crisis?

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1934-1936

44
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Who did Hindenburg appoint as chancellor in order to suppress Hitler and when?

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Bruning 1930-1932 (raised taxes)

Von Papen 1932

Von Schleicher 1932-1933

44
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What land did Germany lose due to the Treaty of Versailles?

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  • Alsace-Lorraine to France
  • Eupen and Malmedy to Belgium
  • North Schleswig to Denmark
  • Saar to League for 15 years
  • Polish Corridor
44
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How many countries were initially part of the League?

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42

45
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When was the Saar’s plebiscite?

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1935

46
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Who was part of the council?

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Japan, Britain, France, Italy and 4 non-permanent members elected every 3 years

47
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What were the sub-parts of the League?

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  • Secretariat
  • International Labour Organisation
  • Court of International Justice
  • Slavery Commission
  • Commission for Refugees
48
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What happened in Upper Silesia 1921?

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  • Plebiscite in which 60% voted Germany

- Poland got industrial lands, Germany got rural

49
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Who was part of the Triple Alliance?

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Germany, Austria and Italy

50
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Who was part of the Triple Entente?

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Britain, France and Russia

51
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When was the armistice signed?

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November 1918

52
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How many Germans died in WW1?

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2 million

53
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When was the Young Plan signed?

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August 1929

54
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Who plotted the Munich Putsch alongside Hitler?

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Kahr and Lossow

55
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When did Hitler first attempt Anchluss and what happened?

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1934

Austrian Chancellor Dolfuss banned the Nazi Party who rebelled killing him. Mussolini prevented Germany from entering.

56
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How did Hitler achieve Anschluss in 1938?

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Through rigged elections and pressure as he could justify an invasion to restore peace

57
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Why did Chamberlain appease?

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  • Britain wanted peace
  • He wanted a strong Germany to protect from communist expansion from Russia
  • Britain’s army was not ready for war
58
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What happened to the Sudetenland in 1938?

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Britain let Germany have it though touchy as many people were German

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