Recap the League of Nations History@OSSMA

What is the League of Nations?

• An international organisation that helps to promote trade

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

• An international organisation that will fight other countries

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 conflict to solve the problems among countries

• The bigger powers put their own interests above the League's and were not willing to take harsher stand against aggressor

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

What is the name of the treaty that created the League of Nations?

• Treaty of Vessels

• Treaty of Germany

• Treaty of Versale

• Treaty of Versailles

Which is an example of an economic sanction?

•  Refusing to import goods from a nation
• Replacing the government of a nation
• Refusing to recognize the existence of a nation
•  Re-drawing the borders of a nation

If two nations had a dispute, the League of Nations would begin by urging them to:

• Impose economic sanctions on one another
• Negotiate with one another
• Impose physical sanctions on one another
•  Ignore one another

How would the League enforce its decisions? (pick 3)

• Diplomacy (talking) and moral condemnation

• Using the League's army

• Using the armies of member countries

• Applying sanctions (denying trade)

What was the name of the group of important countries who had the power of veto?

• The assembly

• The council

• The commissions

• The mandates

Which three powerful countries were not members of the League

• Britain, Japan, China
• Germany, USSR, USA
• USA, Japan, USSR
• Germany, Austria,

Which is an example of the failure of League of Nations in the 1930s?

• China's invasion of Japan

• The Abyssinian Crisis

• China's invasion of Manchuria

• The Italian Crisis

What were the consequences of the U.S. not joining the League of Nations?

• The League operated less effectively than it would have if the U.S. had joined.

• Despite not being League members, the U.S. associated with League efforts on several issues because Americans generally agreed with the League's goals.

• It became clear that an effective international organization was necessary to mediate disputes, eventually leading to the formation of the United Nations.

• All of the above.