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FlashCards por Izzy Noone, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Izzy Noone
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| Questão | Responda |
| When did the league officially start working? | January 1920 |
| How many members were there? | 42 |
| What was the role of the permanent international courts of justice? | Settled border disputes |
| What was the problem with how often the Assembly met? | It only met once a year which meant that they couldn't deal with problems as they happened |
| What was a plebiscite? | A public vote, often about what nation an area of land should join |
| Put these disputes into chronological order: Corfu; Aaland islands; Greek Bulgaria; Vilna | Vilna (1920) Aaland Islands(1921) Corfu (1923) Greek Bulgaria (1925) |
| Which area did Germany and Poland have a dispute over in 1921? And did the league successly resolve this dispute? | Silesia. Yes, they carried out a plebiscite and split the country between Germany and Poland. Both countriesvaccepted this even though it was in favour of Germany |
| Which two countries were involved in the Aaland Islands dispute of 1921? Why was it a success? | Finland and Sweden. It was a success because the LoN ruled that Finland should rule the islands and both countries accepted it |
| Why did Italt invade Corfu? | Italian General was assassinated in Greece whilst carrying out work for the LoN. Greece refused to pay Italy compensation |
| Why did the Corfu incident have a negative impact on International Relations? | LoN could only condemn Mussolini. Britain and France did not want to anger Italy so made the Greeks apologise and pay compensation. This showed the LoN to be weak and that some strong countries could get their own way |
| Give two successes of the LoN's special commissions | Freed 200,000 slaves in Sierra Leone/ Mosquito extermination campaign to end malaria in Africa/ Set up a group to control the use of opium |
| Which countries agreed to limit their navies at the Washington conference in 1921? | Britain, USA, France, Japan, Italy |
| Why did France and Belgium occupy the Rhur? What year? | Germany stopped paying reparations. 1923 |
| Give two reasons why the Locarno Pact was so significant? | Germany, France, and Belgium promised to respect tge borders agreed at Versailles. The pact paved the way for Germany to join the LoN a year later. Germany and France agreed to settle disputes at LoN |
| What year did Germany join the LoN? | 1926 |
| Which pact was signed by approx. 65 countries in 1928? | Kellog-Briand |
| Why was this considered to be a high point of International Relations? | Because all countries condemned war and promised to use peaceful means to settle disputes |
| Give two reasons why this pact would ultimately fail? | No agreement on what happens if any country broke the terms/ all agreed they needed an army for self defence/ did not help the LoN with its aim of disarmament |
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