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