International relations - Quiz 3

Question 1

When was the Wall Street Crash?

Answer 1

24th Oct 1929

Question 2

When did the Japanese invade Manchuria?

Answer 2

Sept 1931

Question 3

What was the incident used as an excuse by the Japanese to invade?

Answer 3

The Mukden incident

Question 4

Give details about the League’s response to the Manchurian Crisis. (4)

Answer 4

• Lord Lytton sent to Manchuria to investigate
• It took a year to produce the Lytton report September 1932
• Instructed to leave Manchuria or face trade sanctions
• Didn’t threaten Japan with military action so Japanese ignored the Report and left the League

Question 5

When did Italy invade Abyssinia and when did they win the war?

Answer 5

Oct 1935- May 1936

Question 6

What secret agreement was signed about this, when, by who, what did I basically say, and what was the outcome?

Answer 6

• The Hoare-Laval Pact
• Dec 1935
• by British and French foreign secretaries.
• It gave Italy possession of large areas of Abyssinia in return for stopping the war.
• the story was leaked in newspapers and humiliated both countries - Hoare and Laval both resigned and Mussolini continued war until May 1936

Question 7

What was Hitler’s main aim with his foreign policy?

Answer 7

Tear up the Treaty of Versailles

Question 8

What were Hitler’s foreign policy actions between 1936-1939 and when did they happen? RRAAINI

Answer 8

Remilitarisation of the Rhineland - 1936
The Rome-Berlin Axis - 1936
Anschluss with Austria - 1938
Annexation of Sudetenland - 1938
Invasion of Czechoslovakia - 1939
Nazi-Soviet Pact - 1939
Invasion of Poland - 1939

Question 9

What was the name of the British Prime minister who tried to tackle Hitler and what was the name of his policy towards him. Where did they meet in Sept 1938?

Answer 9

Neville Chamberlain
The policy of Appeasement
Munich Conference