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1
Q

How many prisoners of war did the LON take home?

A

half a million

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2
Q

What refugees did the LON help?

A

Turkish

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3
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What diseases were helped to cure?

A

Leprosy and Malaria

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4
Q

What was the LON successful in in the 1920s?

A

Settling minor border disputes

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5
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Who did the LON order to withdraw from Liithuania, but they refused?

A

Poland

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6
Q

What orders from the LON did Mussolini ignore?

A

orders to pull out of Corfu

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7
Q

What else failed in the LON?

A

disarmament talks

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8
Q

How many countries signed a treaty to end war - but ignored it?

A

sixty-five

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9
Q

What did the International Labour Organisation fail to do?

A

persuade countries to adopt a 48-hour week

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10
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What were the four agencies in the LON?

A

health, transport, refugees committee, working conditions

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11
Q

How often did the Lon assembly meet?

A

once a year

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12
Q

What two major super powers weren’t involved in the LON?

A

USA and USSR

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13
Q

What did the LON not have which meant they couldn’t enforce orders?

A

an army

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14
Q

all decisions had to be…

A

unanimous

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15
Q

Which other policy did Britain and France adopt which contributed to the failure of the league?

A

Appeasement

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16
Q

What made the work of the league much more difficult in the 1930s?

A

the great depression

17
Q

when did Japan conquer Manchuria?

A

1932

18
Q

Why did Japan leave the LON?

A

the LON supported Manchuria

19
Q

When did Italy invade Abyssinia?

A

1935

20
Q

Why did Italy get away with the invasion of Abyssinia?

A

France and Britain gave them secret permission

21
Q

Over what area was the dispute between Germany and Poland solved?

A

Upper Silesia

22
Q

Name two other countries disputes which were solved

A

Italy and Greece; Greece and Bulgaria

23
Q

What did Germany do in the 1930s which the league couldn’t prevent?

A

rearm

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