April 14-15-League of Nations, Middle East Mandates 1920-30s

What is the League of Nations?

• An international organisation that helps to promote trade

• An international organization that aims to promote peace among the countries

• An international organisation that will fight other countries

• An international organisation that will bring hope and stability in the world

Which of the following is NOT an aim of the League of Nations?

• Collective Security

• Disarmament

• World Peace

• Collective stability

Which of the following is a reason for the weakness of the League of Nations?

• All countries can veto

• The member states prefer to use military force to solve the problems among countries

• Soviet Union, US and Germany were not members; the League had not military forces

• Soviet Union and Germany were creating troubles in the League of Nations

The US did not join the League of Nations because

• It had an isolationist policy which meant that it did not want to get involved in foreign wars

• The US has too much debt due the the Great Depression and enough problems to solve on its own

• The US disagreed with keeping the Germans from joining

• The US disagreed with keeping the Soviet Union from joining.

Which country's territories were divided under the mandate system?

• Russian Empire

• Kingdom of Italy

• Empire of Japan

• Ottoman Empire

Who was given a mandate over Palestine after WWI? 

• the Ottoman Emprire
• Holocaust survivors
• the British
• the United Nations

What was the mandate system?

• allowed the League of Nations to settle territorial disputes by giving land control to other countries

• prevented the League of Nations from settling territorial disputes by giving land control to European countries

What international organization established the mandate system?

• United Nations

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• League of Nations

What was the point of Balfour Declaration?

• Promises to Jews to establish home land

• Restriction of Jews immigration

• Promised to Arabs to establish a homeland

• Restriction of Arab immigration

Which of the following did NOT contribute to the territorial conflict between the Jews and the Arabs

• Belief by Jews for 1000s of years that they should have a homeland

• Promise by the British to create a Palestinian homeland for Arabs

• Balfour Declaration that authorized a Jewish homeland

• Nuremburg laws in Germany