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