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  • 1. When was the League of Nations established?
A) 1920
B) 1918
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) London
B) New York
C) Geneva
D) Paris
  • 4. What was the League of Nations' response to the Italian invasion of Abyssinia in 1935?
A) Diplomatic negotiations
B) Military intervention
C) No action taken
D) Economic sanctions
  • 5. Which event led to the creation of the League of Nations?
A) World War I
B) Vietnam War
C) Cold War
D) World War II
  • 6. When did the League of Nations cease its operations?
A) 1946
B) 1939
C) 1955
D) 1965
  • 7. Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in creating the League of Nations?
A) Benito Mussolini
B) Adolf Hitler
C) Joseph Stalin
D) Woodrow Wilson
  • 8. Which British diplomat was a key architect of the League of Nations?
A) Winston Churchill
B) Benito Mussolini
C) Lord Robert Cecil
D) Joseph Stalin
  • 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) 58 members
B) 100 members
C) 75 members
D) 45 members
  • 11. Which country left the League in 1933, followed by Germany and Italy?
A) France
B) The Soviet Union
C) Japan
D) Spain
  • 12. What was one of the concerns of the League of Nations regarding global health?
A) Climate change
B) Space exploration
C) Ocean pollution
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) 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 ignored labor issues entirely
D) It focused solely on child labor
  • 16. Which organization was a forerunner to the League of Nations?
A) The European Union
B) The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
C) The United Nations
D) The World Bank
  • 17. What was the League's stance on the arms trade?
A) It had no interest in the arms trade
B) It encouraged private ownership of weapons
C) It promoted unrestricted arms trading
D) It sought to regulate and control it
  • 18. Which country was granted the right to participate as an autonomous member nation?
A) New Zealand
B) Australia
C) South Africa
D) Canada
  • 19. What did the League of Nations lack that hindered its effectiveness?
A) A permanent headquarters
B) International recognition
C) Financial resources
D) Its own armed force
  • 20. Which country joined the League in 1934 but was expelled in 1939?
A) Germany
B) Japan
C) The Soviet Union
D) Italy
  • 21. What did Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points include?
A) A league of nations to ensure peace and justice
B) The establishment of the United Nations
C) Creation of a global currency
D) Immediate end to all colonial empires
  • 22. What was one of the proposed remedies for preventing future wars?
A) Expansion of colonial territories
B) Creation of an international organisation with disarmament and open diplomacy
C) Promotion of secret diplomacy
D) Formation of military alliances
  • 23. On what date was the proposal to create the League of Nations approved?
A) 16 January 1920
B) 19 March 1920
C) 25 January 1919
D) 28 June 1919
  • 24. Who discovered that the Rules of Procedure for the League were undemocratic?
A) Catherine Marshall
B) Woodrow Wilson
C) Gustave Ador
D) Henry Cabot Lodge
  • 25. Which country withdrew from the League of Nations first among the founding members?
A) Italy
B) Brazil, in June 1926
C) Japan
D) Germany
  • 26. Which country rejoined the League in September 1933 after initially quitting?
A) Brazil
B) Argentina
C) Germany
D) Japan
  • 27. Which country became the last to join the League before World War II?
A) Egypt
B) Japan
C) Germany
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) Werner Dankwort
C) Fridtjof Nansen
D) Albert Thomas
  • 30. When did the League of Nations lift its sanctions against Italy?
A) 4 July 1936
B) 1 January 1936
C) 15 May 1936
D) 31 December 1935
  • 31. What was the Mukden Incident also known as?
A) The Korean Conflict
B) The Chinese Rebellion
C) The Manchurian Incident
D) The Japanese Invasion
  • 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) 3 October 1932
B) 1 September 1939
C) 15 November 1920
D) After World War II
  • 34. What did the staffers of the Disarmament Section generate that caused unrealistic expectations?
A) Unreliable information
B) Accurate economic forecasts
C) Detailed military strategies
D) Comprehensive peace treaties
  • 35. In what year was the report on international taxation principles prepared for the League of Nations?
A) 1939
B) 1945
C) 1918
D) 1923
  • 36. Who proposed the creation of a federation between Poland and Lithuania?
A) Georges Clemenceau
B) Woodrow Wilson
C) David Lloyd George
D) Paul Hymans
  • 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) 1937
B) 1939
C) 1938
D) 1926
  • 39. Which city was given to Lithuania by the Moscow Peace Treaty?
A) Warsaw
B) Minsk
C) Vilnius
D) Kiev
  • 40. How many mandatory powers were there for the fourteen mandate territories?
A) Five
B) Fourteen
C) Ten
D) Seven
  • 41. Who led the Italian invasion of Abyssinia in November 1935?
A) Marshal Pietro Badoglio
B) Samuel Hoare
C) Emperor Haile Selassie
D) Benito Mussolini
  • 42. What policy did Britain and France ultimately adopt in response to growing German militarism?
A) Appeasement
B) Isolationism
C) Collective security
D) Preemptive war
  • 43. Which country was accepted as a permanent member of the League Council in 1926?
A) Italy
B) Spain
C) Germany
D) Japan
  • 44. What did the Permanent Court of International Justice rule regarding unanimous decisions by the League Council?
A) They are advisory only.
B) They require further negotiation.
C) They can be rejected.
D) They must be accepted.
  • 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) Korea-Manchuria
B) Manchukuo
C) East Asia
D) Nipponia
  • 47. 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
  • 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) Widespread approval and celebration
B) Immediate acceptance without protest
C) Bitter resentment was expressed
D) Indifference
  • 50. Which country conducted military operations in southern Albania, leading to instability?
A) Italy
B) France
C) Yugoslavia
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 Kellogg-Briand Pact
C) The Locarno Treaties
D) The Treaty of Versailles
  • 52. Which article of the Covenant of the League of Nations established mandates?
A) Article 22
B) Article 30
C) Article 5
D) Article 15
  • 53. Which country annexed Hatay in mid-1939?
A) Turkey
B) Iraq
C) France
D) Syria
  • 54. Who were the Yugoslav forces engaged with in northern Albania?
A) Greek troops
B) French forces
C) Italian soldiers
D) Albanian tribesmen
  • 55. When did the League of Nations abandon plans for a plebiscite in Vilnius?
A) October 1920
B) March 1921
C) March 1923
D) July 1922
  • 56. Who appealed to the League of Nations for international intervention on behalf of China?
A) General Francisco Franco
B) Adolf Hitler
C) Wellington Koo, the Chinese representative
D) Julio Álvarez del Vayo
  • 57. What was the total number of casualties for Bolivia during the Chaco War?
A) 20,000
B) 75,000
C) 36,000
D) 57,000
  • 58. In which year was the LONTAD project completed?
A) 2022
B) 2025
C) 2020
D) 2019
  • 59. In what year did the League of Nations award Mosul to Iraq?
A) 1923
B) 1926
C) 1924
D) 1925
  • 60. When did the agreement regarding Upper Silesia become public?
A) May 1922
B) November 1921
C) August 1921
D) March 1921
  • 61. How many pages of content do the League of Nations archives consist of approximately?
A) 20 million
B) 5 million
C) 10 million
D) 15 million
  • 62. Which mandate classification applied to parts of the old Ottoman Empire?
A) C mandates
B) D mandates
C) A mandates
D) B mandates
  • 63. Which U.S. president invoked the Neutrality Acts during the Abyssinian crisis?
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt
B) Herbert Hoover
C) Dwight D. Eisenhower
D) Harry S. Truman
  • 64. What approach did the League of Nations' fiscal committee initially work towards for international taxation?
A) Bilateral tax treaties
B) Multilateral tax treaties
C) No formal agreements
D) Unilateral state decisions
  • 65. Which country abolished slavery in 1923 as a condition for League membership?
A) Iraq
B) Ethiopia
C) Nepal
D) Transjordan
  • 66. 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
  • 67. During which crisis did the weakness of the League's collective security system become evident?
A) The Munich Agreement
B) The Abyssinia Crisis
C) The Spanish Civil War
D) The Manchurian Incident
  • 68. When did the Soviet Union invade Finland?
A) 23 August 1939
B) 17 September 1939
C) 14 December 1939
D) 30 November 1939
  • 69. Who was the President of Peru during the armed takeover of Leticia in 1932?
A) Luis Sánchez Cerro
B) Manuel Prado Ugarteche
C) Augusto Leguía
D) Óscar R. Benavides
  • 70. When did Lithuania officially remain in a state of war with Poland?
A) Until 1918
B) Until 1939
C) Until 1927
D) Until 1945
  • 71. Who represented Iraq in its foreign affairs during the Mosul dispute?
A) The French
B) The British
C) The Americans
D) The Turks
  • 72. Which town was ceded from Peru to Colombia as part of the Salomón-Lozano Treaty?
A) Leticia
B) Bogotá
C) Iquitos
D) Cusco
  • 73. What was a significant structural issue that led to the League's indecision?
A) Over-reliance on economic policies
B) Unanimous voting requirements
C) Excessive military power
D) Lack of funding from member nations
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