Vocabulary

Question 1

Aaland Island Dispute

Answer 1

Conflict between Sweden and Finland in 1921.
SUCCESS.
Finland gained the land.

Question 2

Abyssinian crisis.

Answer 2

When Italy invaded Abyssinia, they took it over.

FAILURE.

Question 3

Adolf Hitler

Answer 3

German dictator.

Born on 1889 died the 1945.

Question 4

Article 10.

Answer 4

European Convention on Human Rights provides the right to freedom of expression.

Question 5

Assembly

Answer 5

The meeting of the representatives of the members of an organisation (LoFn).

Question 6

Collective security

Answer 6

When a member of the LoFn has a dispute with another country but feels safe as he knows that the other members will protect and help him.

Question 7

Conference of ambassadors

Answer 7

An accredited diplomat sent by a state as its permanent representative in a foreign country.

Question 8

Corfu crisis

Answer 8

The Corfu incident was a 1923 diplomatic and military crisis between Greece and Italy, were both countries debated on which country should keep the Corfu Island.

Question 9

Council

Answer 9

An assembly or meeting for consultation, advice, or discussion

Question 10

Covenant

Answer 10

A usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement

Question 11

David Low (cartoonist)

Answer 11

David Low was born in New Zealand but he moved to London in 1919 and he became famous for his controversial cartoons.

Question 12

Dawes & Young plans

Answer 12

The Dawes Plan, the Young Plan, German Reparations, and Inter-allied War Debts.

Question 13

Disarmament

Answer 13

The act of limiting or abolishing weapons.

Question 14

Disarmament conference

Answer 14

The Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments of 1932–1934 was a failed effort by member states of the League of Nations.

Question 15

Geneva protocol

Answer 15

A treaty prohibiting the use of chemical and biological weapons in international armed conflicts.

Question 16

Great Depression

Answer 16

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

Question 17

Health committee

Answer 17

The League of Nations established a health committee which was the most successful auxiliary organisation of the LoFn.

Question 18

International Labour Organisation

Answer 18

Established in 1919 by the Treaty of Versailles as an affiliated agency of the League of Nations, the ILO became the first affiliated specialized agency of the United Nations in 1946.

Question 19

Kellogg-Briand pact

Answer 19

The Kellogg–Briand Pact is a 1928 international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve “disputes or conflicts”.

Question 20

Mandate

Answer 20

A command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue

Question 21

Moral condemnation

Answer 21

A command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue

Question 22

Sanctions

Answer 22

A threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule.

Question 23

Secretariat

Answer 23

The Permanent Secretariat represented the civil service of the League of Nations and was, in practice, the only direct producer of archives.

Question 24

Upper Silesia Congress

Answer 24

A Congress created to achieve the independence of Upper Silesia.

Question 25

US congress

Answer 25

The United States Congress is the legislative, or law making, branch of the United States government.

Question 26

Washington Conference

Answer 26

A conference created by the US to establish the disarmament of the whole world, in 1921.