League of nations

Question 1

When was the Iraq V. Turkey Border dispute?

Answer 1

1920

Question 2

When was the Corfu Border dispute

Answer 2

1923

Question 3

When was “the wark of the stray dog” border dispute?

Answer 3

1925

Question 4

When was the Locarno Treaties border disputes?

Answer 4

1925

Question 5

When was the Labour commission: White lead social affair

Answer 5

1921

Question 6

When was the Health Commission: Typhus in Russia?

Answer 6

1922

Question 7

When was the Refugee Comission: Nansen Passports?

Answer 7

1922

Question 8

When was the Slavery Commission: Sierra Leone?

Answer 8

1926

Question 9

When was the Draft Treaty of Mutual Assistance?

Answer 9

1923

Question 10

When was the Geneva Protocol?

Answer 10

1924

Question 11

When was the Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference?

Answer 11

1926

Question 12

When was the Disarmament Conference?

Answer 12

1932

Question 13

Which three territories of the former Ottoman Empire were united to form Iraq after WW1?

Answer 13

Baghdad, Basra, and Mosul

Question 14

Iraq became a British mandate. Who became its King?

Answer 14

Faisal

Question 15

What two features did Mosul possess which meant the British were reluctant to give Mosul to Turkey?

Answer 15

1. Mosul is rich in oil
2. Its mountains are important for the defence of Iraq.

Question 16

Why did the League feel that involving itself in social affairs would help preserve world peace?

Answer 16

Because they believed that social stability would ensure political stability, which in turn would preserve world peace.

Question 17

Which French socialist was leader of the International Labour Organisation?

Answer 17

Albert Thomas

Question 18

What sorts of topics did the Labour Conventions deal with?

Answer 18

Rights for women and children in the workplace and unemployment benefit

Question 19

What did the League commit to under Article 23 of the Covenant?

Answer 19

t committed to the “prevention and control of disease”

Question 20

What event caused chaos, famine and starvation in Russia since 1917?

Answer 20

The Bolshevik revolution of 1917

Question 21

How many Russians became refugees in the years after 1917?

Answer 21

1.5 million Russians

Question 22

Which Scandinavian polar explorer became leader of the Refugee Organisation?

Answer 22

Dr Fridtjof Nansen

Question 23

How many “Nansen Passports” were issued in total?

Answer 23

450, 000 Nansen passports were issued

Question 24

Who were some of the most famous recipients of these passports?

Answer 24

Photographer Robert Capa, artist Marc Chagall, and the composer Igor Stravinsky

Question 25

Who was the author of the "Draft Treaty of Mutual Assistance"?

Answer 25

Lord Robert Cecil (British)

Question 26

How did it suggest ‘collective security’ could be improved?

Answer 26

If a country is preparing for an act of aggression, then all members will be obliged either to impose economic sanctions or to declare war.

Question 27

What concerns did Benes of Czechoslovakia have about the Draft Treaty?

Answer 27

A unanimous decision of the League council is impractical, and that a majority vote should be enough to act.

Question 28

Which phrase did the Draft Treaty have difficulty defining, which meant it was doomed to failure?

Answer 28

The definition of “act of aggression”

Question 29

What was the name of the Italian General whose murder by Greek terrorists sparked off the crisis?

Answer 29

Enrico Tellini

Question 30

Which organisation (set up to resolve border disputes stemming from the peace treaties) was he working for at the time?

Answer 30

Conference of Ambassadors

Question 31

What the name of the new Fascist leader of Italy who responded by invading Corfu?

Answer 31

Benito Mussolini

Question 32

Who was the author of the "Geneva Protocol"?

Answer 32

The prime Minister Benes of Czechoslovakia

Question 33

Instead of the League Council, which organisation would judge whether a country had committed an ‘act of aggression’?

Answer 33

The Permanent Court of International Justice

Question 34

How did Benes solve the problem he previously identified with the Draft Treaty of Mutual Assistance?

Answer 34

Rather than the League Council having to decide who is committing an “act of aggression”, instead the Permanent court of International Justice should decide.

Question 35

Why was this conflict known as the “war of the stray dog”?

Answer 35

A Greek soldier’s dog ran across the border into Bulgaria, causing the soldier to be shot

Question 36

Why was Greece confident that the League would support its claim for compensation, even though they invaded Bulgaria?

Answer 36

Because during Corfu the League supported the aggressor (Italy), in very similar circumstances.

Question 37

How did the Dawes Plan and the Young Plan aim to get Europe ‘back on her feet’?

Answer 37

It would help stabilise the German economy. The Dawes plan (named after Charles Dawes) spread out reparation payments; next the Young Plan (named after Owen Young) reduced the final sum payable from 6,600 million to 2,000 million.

Question 38

What deal was reached in the Locarno Treaties?

Answer 38

rmany promised to no long dispute borders she shared with France or Belgium. In return, the French agreed to support Germany’s application to join the League of Nations as a full council member

Question 39

What was the “Locarno Honeymoon”?

Answer 39

The warm relations that grew between France and Germany became known as the "Locarno Honeymoon".

Question 40

Which three men were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work on the Locarno Treaties?

Answer 40

Chamberlain, Stresemann, Aristide Briand

Question 41

What were the main terms of the Washington Agreement (1921)?

Answer 41

Britain, the USA and Japan established a ratio of 5:5:3 between them for battleships

Question 42

What sorts of work does 15% of Sierra Leone’s population do which meant they were technically slaves?

Answer 42

many young people were purchased from their families and then used as unpaid labour as domestic servants.

Question 43

Why were British officials like Sir Reginald Antrobus unconcerned about this?

Answer 43

They tolerated the “domestic system”, they believed that it was not on the whole harsh, it secured him and his family work and maintenance during his active life.

Question 44

What were the terms of the Kellogg-Briand Pact?

Answer 44

Each party of the treatment promising to reject war "as an instrument of national policy".

Question 45

The French and Belgians invaded the Ruhr when Germany, as part of its reparation bill, failed to deliver…?

Answer 45

100, 000 telephone poles

Question 46

How many soldiers marched into the Ruhr on January 11th 1923?

Answer 46

60,000 men

Question 47

The British Prime Minister criticised this action, calling it…?

Answer 47

An act of military aggression against an unarmed nation