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History- Abyssinia
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gcse history- international relations Quiz on History- Abyssinia, created by Ella Wolf on 14/04/2013.
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Question 1
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Who Invaded Abyssinia?
Answer
Japan
China
Egypt
Italy
Manchuria
Question 2
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Why was ABYSSINIA invaded?
Answer
no advanced weapons- still fought with spears
They were receiving threats off abbyssinia
Italians had the surrounding territory
Italy had and excuse- november 1934 25 soldiers were killed in a border clash
Abyssinia was one of the few countries not under European influence
Question 3
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When was Abyssinia invaded?
Answer
1934
1933
1935
Question 4
Question
what were the leagues actions in response to the invasion?
Answer
They responded to haile sellassie by sending troops to put up resistance
they forced Britain to close the suez canal to Italian ships, preventing them easy access to abyssinia
They imposed a lot of economic sanctions
they imposed some economic sanctions
they completely ignored haile selassie
The condemened Italian aggression, but didn't really doo much to stop it
Question 5
Question
why did the league of nations fail to stop the invasion of abyssina?
Answer
They didn't want to get on hitlers bad side
Britain and france wanted an ally against hitler so refused to 'push' Mussolini into hitlers arms if they were too harsh
Britain and france didn't want to harm their economys through strong sanctions
Italy had control of the suez canal
france had control of the suez canal and let Italy use it for their ships
lack of support from Britain and France militarily
The league had no army
in july 1935, the league was undermined by the hoare laval pact, displaying the lack of support
Question 6
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what were the consequences of the leagues failure?
Answer
Britain and France left the leauge
the crisis showed that its members would not use force to stop agression
it showed that countries in the league were undermining it
the league could no longer be taken seriously
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