Manchuria and Abyssinia

Question 1

When did the Japanese gain control of Korea?

Answer 1

1910

Question 2

21 demands to China

Answer 2

1915

Question 3

Mukden accident

Answer 3

18 September 1931

Question 4

What did the Japanese control in Manchuria?

Answer 4

South Manchurian Railway

Question 5

Reason

Answer 5

Pretext staged by the Japanese in order to maintain an economic influence as it was getting increasingly difficult to gain raw materials elsewhere

Question 6

Four Power Pact

Answer 6

June 1933 (Britain, France, Italy, Germany)

Question 7

Invasion of Abyssinia

Answer 7

October 1935

Question 8

Sanctions against Italy

Answer 8

Iron, weapons and rubber, however not oil

Question 9

Why did the LoN not ban the sale of oil?

Answer 9

Because the US was not part of the League (major reason!) and so if the member states would not sell oil to it it would just go to the Is or other countries not part of the League, and the countries would miss out on any future oil deals with Italy.

Question 10

What did France and Britain do?

Answer 10

They did not close the Suez canal and showed the world that they believed that the LoN was not strong enough to act.