League of Nations
League of Nations
  • 1. When was the League of Nations established?
A) 1918
B) 1920
C) 1930
D) 1945
  • 2. Which country was a leading proponent of the League of Nations?
A) Italy
B) Russia
C) Germany
D) United States
  • 3. Where was the headquarters of the League of Nations located?
A) New York
B) Geneva
C) London
D) Paris
  • 4. What was the League of Nations' response to the Italian invasion of Abyssinia in 1935?
A) Diplomatic negotiations
B) Economic sanctions
C) Military intervention
D) No action taken
  • 5. Which event led to the creation of the League of Nations?
A) World War I
B) World War II
C) Cold War
D) Vietnam War
  • 6. When did the League of Nations cease its operations?
A) 1965
B) 1946
C) 1955
D) 1939
  • 7. Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in creating the League of Nations?
A) Woodrow Wilson
B) Joseph Stalin
C) Adolf Hitler
D) Benito Mussolini
  • 8. Which British diplomat was a key architect of the League of Nations?
A) Lord Robert Cecil
B) Joseph Stalin
C) Benito Mussolini
D) Winston Churchill
  • 9. Who was the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations?
A) Ferdinand Foch
B) Sir Eric Drummond
C) Thomas Woodrow Wilson
D) Woodrow Wilson
  • 10. What was the maximum number of members the League of Nations had?
A) 58 members
B) 45 members
C) 100 members
D) 75 members
  • 11. Which country left the League in 1933, followed by Germany and Italy?
A) Japan
B) France
C) Spain
D) The Soviet Union
  • 12. What was one of the concerns of the League of Nations regarding global health?
A) Space exploration
B) Ocean pollution
C) Climate change
D) Epidemics
  • 13. What was the League of Nations' approach to sanction enforcement?
A) Strict and uncompromising
B) Non-existent
C) Immediate and severe
D) Irresolute, fearing it might spark further conflict
  • 14. What was the League of Nations' stance on colonial powers?
A) No involvement in colonial matters
B) Expansion of colonial territories
C) Complete independence for colonies
D) The mandate system put colonial powers under international observation
  • 15. What was the League's role in labor conditions?
A) It promoted industrialization
B) It ignored labor issues entirely
C) It addressed just treatment of native inhabitants and working conditions
D) It focused solely on child labor
  • 16. Which organization was a forerunner to the League of Nations?
A) The World Bank
B) The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
C) The United Nations
D) The European Union
  • 17. What was the League's stance on the arms trade?
A) It had no interest in the arms trade
B) It promoted unrestricted arms trading
C) It encouraged private ownership of weapons
D) It sought to regulate and control it
  • 18. Which country was granted the right to participate as an autonomous member nation?
A) South Africa
B) Canada
C) New Zealand
D) Australia
  • 19. What did the League of Nations lack that hindered its effectiveness?
A) Its own armed force
B) Financial resources
C) A permanent headquarters
D) International recognition
  • 20. Which country joined the League in 1934 but was expelled in 1939?
A) Italy
B) The Soviet Union
C) Germany
D) Japan
  • 21. What did Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points include?
A) Immediate end to all colonial empires
B) The establishment of the United Nations
C) A league of nations to ensure peace and justice
D) Creation of a global currency
  • 22. What was one of the proposed remedies for preventing future wars?
A) Promotion of secret diplomacy
B) Creation of an international organisation with disarmament and open diplomacy
C) Expansion of colonial territories
D) Formation of military alliances
  • 23. On what date was the proposal to create the League of Nations approved?
A) 19 March 1920
B) 16 January 1920
C) 28 June 1919
D) 25 January 1919
  • 24. Who discovered that the Rules of Procedure for the League were undemocratic?
A) Henry Cabot Lodge
B) Gustave Ador
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) Catherine Marshall
  • 25. Which country withdrew from the League of Nations first among the founding members?
A) Germany
B) Japan
C) Italy
D) Brazil, in June 1926
  • 26. Which country rejoined the League in September 1933 after initially quitting?
A) Japan
B) Germany
C) Argentina
D) Brazil
  • 27. Which country became the last to join the League before World War II?
A) Germany
B) Egypt
C) Japan
D) Italy
  • 28. Which body was responsible for overseeing the League's health work?
A) The Health Committee
B) The Economic and Financial Organisation
C) The International Labour Organization
D) The Permanent Court of International Justice
  • 29. Who was the first chairman of the committee on international intellectual cooperation?
A) Henri Bergson
B) Albert Thomas
C) Werner Dankwort
D) Fridtjof Nansen
  • 30. Which country abolished slavery in 1923 as a condition for League membership?
A) Ethiopia
B) Transjordan
C) Nepal
D) Iraq
  • 31. Which article of the Covenant of the League of Nations established mandates?
A) Article 22
B) Article 30
C) Article 5
D) Article 15
  • 32. Which mandate classification applied to parts of the old Ottoman Empire?
A) A mandates
B) D mandates
C) C mandates
D) B mandates
  • 33. How many mandatory powers were there for the fourteen mandate territories?
A) Five
B) Ten
C) Fourteen
D) Seven
  • 34. When did the Kingdom of Iraq join the League of Nations?
A) 1 September 1939
B) 3 October 1932
C) After World War II
D) 15 November 1920
  • 35. What was the first European international agreement concluded directly through the League of Nations?
A) The Locarno Treaties
B) The Kellogg-Briand Pact
C) The Treaty of Versailles
D) The decision regarding the Åland Islands dispute
  • 36. When did the agreement regarding Upper Silesia become public?
A) August 1921
B) May 1922
C) November 1921
D) March 1921
  • 37. What was the reaction in Germany when the agreement became public?
A) Widespread approval and celebration
B) Bitter resentment was expressed
C) Immediate acceptance without protest
D) Indifference
  • 38. Which country conducted military operations in southern Albania, leading to instability?
A) France
B) Italy
C) Yugoslavia
D) Greece
  • 39. Who were the Yugoslav forces engaged with in northern Albania?
A) Albanian tribesmen
B) French forces
C) Italian soldiers
D) Greek troops
  • 40. In which year did the Sanjak of Alexandretta gain autonomy under League oversight?
A) 1937
B) 1939
C) 1938
D) 1926
  • 41. What was the new name given to the Sanjak of Alexandretta after gaining autonomy?
A) Alexandretta
B) Syria
C) Mosul
D) Hatay
  • 42. Which country annexed Hatay in mid-1939?
A) Syria
B) Iraq
C) France
D) Turkey
  • 43. Who represented Iraq in its foreign affairs during the Mosul dispute?
A) The Turks
B) The Americans
C) The British
D) The French
  • 44. In what year did the League of Nations award Mosul to Iraq?
A) 1926
B) 1925
C) 1924
D) 1923
  • 45. What did the Permanent Court of International Justice rule regarding unanimous decisions by the League Council?
A) They require further negotiation.
B) They are advisory only.
C) They must be accepted.
D) They can be rejected.
  • 46. Which city was given to Lithuania by the Moscow Peace Treaty?
A) Vilnius
B) Kiev
C) Warsaw
D) Minsk
  • 47. Who commanded a Polish military force that took Vilnius in contravention of the Suwałki Agreement?
A) General Tadeusz Jordan-Rozwadowski
B) Adolf Hitler
C) Marshal Józef Piłsudski
D) General Lucjan Żeligowski
  • 48. When did the League of Nations abandon plans for a plebiscite in Vilnius?
A) July 1922
B) March 1921
C) October 1920
D) March 1923
  • 49. Who proposed the creation of a federation between Poland and Lithuania?
A) David Lloyd George
B) Woodrow Wilson
C) Paul Hymans
D) Georges Clemenceau
  • 50. What event led to Lithuania restoring diplomatic relations with Poland in 1938?
A) The signing of the Treaty of Riga
B) The Polish ultimatum
C) The Klaipėda Revolt
D) The League of Nations' decision
  • 51. When did Lithuania officially remain in a state of war with Poland?
A) Until 1927
B) Until 1939
C) Until 1918
D) Until 1945
  • 52. Which treaty attempted to resolve border conflicts between Colombia and Peru in 1922?
A) Treaty of Versailles
B) Salomón-Lozano Treaty
C) Kellogg-Briand Pact
D) Roosevelt Corollary
  • 53. Which town was ceded from Peru to Colombia as part of the Salomón-Lozano Treaty?
A) Cusco
B) Leticia
C) Iquitos
D) Bogotá
  • 54. Who was the President of Peru during the armed takeover of Leticia in 1932?
A) Augusto Leguía
B) Óscar R. Benavides
C) Luis Sánchez Cerro
D) Manuel Prado Ugarteche
  • 55. What was the Mukden Incident also known as?
A) The Korean Conflict
B) The Chinese Rebellion
C) The Japanese Invasion
D) The Manchurian Incident
  • 56. What was the name given to Manchuria after its occupation by Japan?
A) Nipponia
B) Korea-Manchuria
C) East Asia
D) Manchukuo
  • 57. What was the total number of casualties for Bolivia during the Chaco War?
A) 36,000
B) 20,000
C) 75,000
D) 57,000
  • 58. Who led the Italian invasion of Abyssinia in November 1935?
A) Marshal Pietro Badoglio
B) Samuel Hoare
C) Benito Mussolini
D) Emperor Haile Selassie
  • 59. Which U.S. president invoked the Neutrality Acts during the Abyssinian crisis?
A) Harry S. Truman
B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
C) Herbert Hoover
D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • 60. When did the League of Nations lift its sanctions against Italy?
A) 4 July 1936
B) 1 January 1936
C) 31 December 1935
D) 15 May 1936
  • 61. Who appealed to the League of Nations for international intervention on behalf of China?
A) Wellington Koo, the Chinese representative
B) Julio Álvarez del Vayo
C) General Francisco Franco
D) Adolf Hitler
  • 62. When did the Soviet Union invade Finland?
A) 17 September 1939
B) 14 December 1939
C) 30 November 1939
D) 23 August 1939
  • 63. Who argued that the Disarmament Section was a major failure of the League of Nations?
A) Julio Álvarez del Vayo
B) Adolf Hitler
C) Wellington Koo
D) Haakon Ikonomou
  • 64. What did the staffers of the Disarmament Section generate that caused unrealistic expectations?
A) Detailed military strategies
B) Unreliable information
C) Comprehensive peace treaties
D) Accurate economic forecasts
  • 65. In what year was the report on international taxation principles prepared for the League of Nations?
A) 1918
B) 1939
C) 1923
D) 1945
  • 66. What approach did the League of Nations' fiscal committee initially work towards for international taxation?
A) Unilateral state decisions
B) Bilateral tax treaties
C) Multilateral tax treaties
D) No formal agreements
  • 67. What was a significant structural issue that led to the League's indecision?
A) Lack of funding from member nations
B) Excessive military power
C) Over-reliance on economic policies
D) Unanimous voting requirements
  • 68. Which country was accepted as a permanent member of the League Council in 1926?
A) Spain
B) Japan
C) Italy
D) Germany
  • 69. What was one reason Soviet Russia was initially excluded from the League of Nations?
A) The US opposed its inclusion
B) Communist regimes were not welcomed
C) Soviet Russia did not apply for membership
D) It was already a member of another international body
  • 70. During which crisis did the weakness of the League's collective security system become evident?
A) The Munich Agreement
B) The Spanish Civil War
C) The Abyssinia Crisis
D) The Manchurian Incident
  • 71. What policy did Britain and France ultimately adopt in response to growing German militarism?
A) Collective security
B) Appeasement
C) Isolationism
D) Preemptive war
  • 72. In which year was the LONTAD project completed?
A) 2019
B) 2022
C) 2020
D) 2025
  • 73. How many pages of content do the League of Nations archives consist of approximately?
A) 5 million
B) 20 million
C) 10 million
D) 15 million
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