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