GSCE - C2

Question 1

The date of the Manchurian crisis

Answer 1

September 18 1931

Question 2

The date of the Wall Street crash?

Answer 2

29 October 1929

Question 3

Why did japan attack Mukden, Manchuria

Answer 3

They were lacking basic recourses because of the Wall Street crash, Manchuria had those recourses, so japan took them

Question 4

What was the excuse that japan gave to excuse them invading Mukden

Answer 4

The Japanese staged an Chinese banditry.

Question 5

What were the key organs of the League of Nations

Answer 5

Secretariat, Assembly and the council

Question 6

What was the roles of the secretariat

Answer 6

Civil service and administrative & financial work

Question 7

What were the roles of the assembly?

Answer 7

Met once a year, general policies, leagues budget, admitted new members, elected non-permanent members of the council

Question 8

What were the roles of the council?

Answer 8

The executive body of the league, met four or five times a year ( or in times of crisis), had permanent and non-permanent members

Question 9

What were other independent organisations associated with the League of Nations

Answer 9

Permanent court of international justice, internal labour organisation

Question 10

What were the agencies, commissions and committees of the league?

Answer 10

Mandates commission, Danzig Commission, minorities commission, intellectual cooperation Organisation, special committee for drug traffic

Question 11

When did Germany join the permanent member of the council

Answer 11

1926

Question 12

When did hitler take Germany out of the League

Answer 12

1933

Question 13

When did Soviet Russia join the league

Answer 13

1934

Question 14

Why and when was soviet Russia expelled from the League

Answer 14

1939 because they invaded Poland

Question 15

What were the stages that would be put into action if a country was aggressive

Answer 15

Moral disapproval, Economic sanctions, military sanctions

Question 16

What is the stage ‘moral disapproval’

Answer 16

The council would meet and vote weather to condemn the action.

Question 17

What is meant by ‘economic sanctions’

Answer 17

A trade boycott and refusing credit

Question 18

What is meant by ‘military sanctions’

Answer 18

Sending an army to assist the victim of the aggression

Question 19

What organs of the league had to manage decisions unanimously

Answer 19

Assembly & council

Question 20

How long did the Great Depression last?

Answer 20

1929-1939

Question 21

Give two reason why the world disarmament conference failed

Answer 21

Different countries had anxiety over militarism. France, Poland and Czechoslovakia were worried about future attacks from Germany

Question 22

When what the league of nation founded

Answer 22

10th January 1920

Question 23

What was the role of the permanent court of international justice?

Answer 23

They provided legal advice to the league and offered arbitration to countries in dispute

Question 24

What was the role of the international labour organisation

Answer 24

Working to promote good practices to issues such as women’s rights, child labour and employers liability

Question 25

Which Norwegian was responsible for solving the refugee challenge after ww1

Answer 25

Nansen

Question 26

Why did America not want to join the LON

Answer 26

America didn’t want to potentially stop trading

Question 27

What was the covenant of the League of Nations?

Answer 27

The set of rules all countries had sign if they joined the LON

Question 28

When was the Lytton report voted on

Answer 28

February 1933

Question 29

When did Italy invade Abyssinia

Answer 29

December 1934