What were the strengths and weaknesses of the League of Nations?

Question 1

In what year did Japan launch a full scale invasion of China?

Answer 1

1937

Question 2

Which two countries signed the Rapallo Treaty of 1922?

Answer 2

Germany and Russia.

Question 3

The Hoare-Laval Pact was never put into action. Why is it still significant in understanding about the invasion of Abyssinia?

Answer 3

It proved to the world that Britain and France were willing to undermine the League of Nations for their own self-interest.

Question 4

What connected the Saar and the League of Nations?

Answer 4

The Saar had been given to the the League of Nations for 15 years as a result of the Treaty of Versailles. This was due to expire in 1935.

Question 5

Which of the League of Nations organisation listed below had the power of veto over decisions that had been made? A. The Assembly B. The Council C. The Permanent court of International Justice D. The Secretariat E. The special commissions

Answer 5

B

Question 6

On what condition were the Aland islands granted to Finland in 1921?

Answer 6

Finland was not allowed to build military bases on the islands.

Question 7

Why was the Abyssinia incident especially difficult the League to deal with?

Answer 7

Both Italy and Abyssinia were members.

Question 8

Which of the League of Nations organisation listed below had the power to offer advice and issue blame but could not actually punish? A. The Assembly B. The Council C. The Permanent court of International Justice D. The Secretariat E. The special commissions

Answer 8

c

Question 9

Which of the League of Nations organisation listed below met only once a year? A. The Assembly B. The Council C. The Permanent court of International Justice D. The Secretariat E. The special commissions

Answer 9

A

Question 10

In what year did Japan invade Manchuria?

Answer 10

1931

Question 11

How did the League use trade sanctions to try to solve the Abyssinia Crisis?

Answer 11

Italy and Abyssinia were both banned from buying weapons. Italy however was able to continue buying oil, steel, coal and iron.

Question 12

Which of the League of Nations organisation listed below needed a unanimous decision for it to happen? A. The Assembly B. The Council C. The Permanent court of International Justice D. The Secretariat E. The special commissions

Answer 12

A

Question 13

What was discussed at the Washington Arms Conference of 1921-11?

Answer 13

disarmament

Question 14

In what year did Italy invade Abyssinia?

Answer 14

1935?

Question 15

What is unusual about the League of Nations and America?

Answer 15

America proposed the creation of the League but did not join. This is because President Wilson was blocked by the Senate of his government.

Question 16

What form of transport was at the centre of the Mukden incident?

Answer 16

A train of the Japanese owned South Manchurian railway.

Question 17

Which country was given control of the Aland islands by the League?

Answer 17

Finland

Question 18

When was the Treaty of St Germain?

Answer 18

September 1919

Question 19

In which country is Manchuria based?

Answer 19

China

Question 20

In what year was the Corfu crisis?

Answer 20

1923

Question 21

How many months after the Mukden incident was the Lytton report published?

Answer 21

13 months

Question 22

Which of the League of Nations organisation listed below met four times a year? A. The Assembly B. The Council C. The Permanent court of International Justice D. The Secretariat E. The special commissions

Answer 22

b

Question 23

After the Abyssinia Crisis, Mussolini later said that if ………………. and ……………. had been banned he would have abandoned his invasion.

Answer 23

coal and oil.

Question 24

Which of the League of Nations organisation listed below was comprised of 42 nations? A. The Assembly B. The Council C. The Permanent court of International Justice D. The Secretariat E. The special commissions

Answer 24

A

Question 25

What was the outcome of the Upper Silesia plebiscite?

Answer 25

60% of votes won by Germany. However, Poland did not accept this result so the area was divided up with rural areas going to Germany and industrial areas going to Poland.

Question 26

What happened to General Tellini and his men when they went to survey the Greek/Albanian border?

Answer 26

They were murdered.

Question 27

What kind of voting took place in Upper Silesia in 1921?

Answer 27

A plebiscite to decide whether the area would be owned by Germany or Poland.

Question 28

What exactly was agreed in the 1935 Anglo-German naval agreement?

Answer 28

Britain agreed that Germany could build its navy to 35% of the size of Britain's.

Question 29

When was the Treaty of Trianon and which country lost out?

Answer 29

1920, Hungary.

Question 30

Who was Pu Yi?

Answer 30

The ex-Chinese emperor put in charge of Manchuria after the Japanese invasion, he was to be a 'puppet' ruler controlled by the Japanese.

Question 31

What does the Suez Canal have to do with the invasion of Abyssinia?

Answer 31

Britain and France controlled this important trade route. They could have closed it to Italy which would have cut off the invasion. However they didn't want to upset Mussolini in case they needed his help against Hitler.

Question 32

When did Italy leave the League of Nations?

Answer 32

May 1936

Question 33

What did Mussolini do as a result of Telini and his men being murdered in 1923?

Answer 33

Blamed Greece and invaded the island of Corfu.

Question 34

What were mandates?

Answer 34

Germany's colonies in Africa which, as part of the Treaty of Versailles, were in the control of the League of Nations (especially Britain and France).

Question 35

Who did the Japanese claim had attacked their train in the Mukden incident?

Answer 35

Chinese soldiers.

Question 36

The Treaty of Lausanne is famous for reversing the tough treatment that Turkey was given in the Treaty of ............................... ?

Answer 36

Sevres

Question 37

What did Poland do in the Vilna incident?

Answer 37

Sent the Polish army to take control of the city, even though it was in Lithuania. Refused to remove the troops even after the League asked them to.

Question 38

Why did Japan want Manchuria in 1931?

Answer 38

The Great Depression had ruined Japan's silk industry (America was a big customer), Manchuria had vast natural resources and good farmland, Japan already had factories, the South Manchurian railway and the Kwantung army in Manchuria.

Question 39

Which of the League of Nations organisation listed below were groups of experts with a specific mission? A. The Assembly B. The Council C. The Permanent court of International Justice D. The Secretariat E. The special commissions

Answer 39

e

Question 40

What did Greece do to Bulgaria in 1925?

Answer 40

They invaded it after Greek soldiers had been killed on the Greek/Bulgarian border.

Question 41

What was agreed in the Locarno Treaties of 1925?

Answer 41

Germany officially accepted the borders of the Treaty of Versailles, all countries to work together peacefully, all countries to support another country if they were invaded.

Question 42

What did the Kwantung army do after the Mukden incident?

Answer 42

They took over Manchuria.

Question 43

Why didn't the League do more to help in the Vilna incident?

Answer 43

France wanted to be friendly with Poland as they might be a future ally against Germany. Britain did not want to act alone. Both of these countries therefore blocked any strong response from the League.

Question 44

Who were Hoare and Laval?

Answer 44

British and French ministers who were sent to make a secret deal with Italy which would hand over half of Abyssinia to Mussolini. The meeting was leaked to the press, the were both sacked and the deal never happened.

Question 45

When writing about the League of Nations in a quick form, should you write 'LON' or 'the League?'

Answer 45

'the League'

Question 46

How did the League deal with the Bulgaria situation of 1925?

Answer 46

Greece was condemned by the League, ordered to pay compensation to Bulgaria and withdraw their troops.

Question 47

In what month and year was the Treaty of Versailles signed?

Answer 47

June 1919

Question 48

What was the covenant of the League of Nations?

Answer 48

An agreement between all the countries in the League that they would deal with aggression by getting countries to talk through problems, be ready to tell the guilty country when they were in the wrong and use economic sanctions as punishments.

Question 49

What was agreed at the Washington Arms Conference of 1921-22?

Answer 49

Britain and the USA could have the same sized navies and for every 5 tonnes each of their ships weighed, Japan could have 3 tonnes.

Question 50

How many countries met to sign the Kellogg-Briad Pact of 1928?

Answer 50

65

Question 51

In what year were these challenges for the League: invasion of Vilna, Aaland islands, Upper Silesia.

Answer 51

1921

Question 52

In what country was the Wall Street Crash of 1929?

Answer 52

America.

Question 53

How did the Wall Street Crash impact other countries in the world?

Answer 53

The American economy entered a state of depression, this impacted all the countries that America traded with and/or had lent money to, such as Germany.

Question 54

Who was Daladier?

Answer 54

President of France in the 1930s.

Question 55

Which two countries were the Aland Islands positioned between?

Answer 55

Sweden and Finland.

Question 56

Why did Mussolini want to invade Abyssinia?

Answer 56

Wanted a new empire, Abyssinia was an easy target, gain natura resources and good land for grazing, Abyssinia had previously defeated Italy in a war (1896), Mussolini was confident that the League of Nations and Britain/France wouldn't stop him,

Question 57

In what year were the Locarno Treaties?

Answer 57

1925

Question 58

What did Russia and Germany agree when they signed the Rapallo Treaty in 1922?

Answer 58

Germany would return to Russia money and land that had been lost at the end of WW1. Also, both countries would try to cooperate more in the future.

Question 59

What two countries had a dispute about Vilna in 1920?

Answer 59

Poland and Lithuania.

Question 60

What was the outcome of the Corfu incident of 1923?

Answer 60

Mussolini was condemned but not punished by the League. Greece was made to pay compensation to the League for the loss of Tellini and his men. Mussolini demanded that this compensation go directly to him and the League agreed. Italian troops then left Corfu.

Question 61

Which of the League of Nations organisation listed below was elected by the Assembly and Council? A. The Assembly B. The Council C. The Permanent court of International Justice D. The Secretariat E. The special commissions

Answer 61

C

Question 62

Which of the League of Nations organisation listed below was its version of a civil service (the people who work for the government)? A. The Assembly B. The Council C. The Permanent court of International Justice D. The Secretariat E. The special commissions

Answer 62

D

Question 63

What was the choice between and the outcome of the Saar plebiscite?

Answer 63

Whether the areas should be governed by France or Germany. 90% of the population voted for Germany.

Question 64

Who was Lord Lytton?

Answer 64

The British politician in charge of the Commission of Inquiry put together by the League to investigate events in Manchuria?

Question 65

How big was the League of Nations' army?

Answer 65

0, it didn't have one.

Question 66

In what year did Germany join the League of Nations?

Answer 66

1926

Question 67

What did the League do when Italian troops invaded the capital of Abyssinia on 5th May 1936?

Answer 67

Nothing.

Question 68

Where was Upper Silesia?

Answer 68

In South Poland, close to the German/Polish border.

Question 69

What did Lord Lytton conclude?

Answer 69

Japan was in the wrong and should not have invaded Manchuria.

Question 70

What did Japan do when it was ordered to withdraw from Manchuria in February 1933?

Answer 70

Left the League of Nations instead.

Question 71

On what continent is Abyssinia?

Answer 71

Africa.

Question 72

What is significant about the city of Geneva in Switzerland?

Answer 72

It is where the League of Nations HQ was.

Question 73

What are the International Labour organisation, the Disarmament commission and the Slavery Commission all examples of?

Answer 73

League of Nations special commissions.

Question 74

In what month and year was the Wall Street Crash?

Answer 74

October 1929

Question 75

In what year did the League of Nations first meet?

Answer 75

1920

Question 76

What was agreed in the Kellogg-Briad Pact of 1928?

Answer 76

War would not be used as a way to settle disputes.

Question 77

Which country wanted to invade Manchuria?

Answer 77

Japan

Question 78

In what year was the Washington naval agreement?

Answer 78

1922

Question 79

Which two European countries occupied territories surrounding Abyssinia?

Answer 79

Britain and Italy.