WorksheetsManchuria Crisis Cartoon Analysis
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Japan is presented as Al Japan, a parody of Al Capone. What does this say about the cartoonist's view of the Japanese?
They live in Chicago
They wear nice suits
They are respectable
They are criminals
What are the court officials reading?
A bible
The Lytton Report
The League of Nations charter
Something from the Japanese
What is the message of the cartoon?
The LoN are fair in their Judgement
The LoN will punish Japan for their crimes
The Japanese are innocent
The LoN are useless and are doing nothing to stop Japan
What are the Japanese walking over, in this cartoon?
The League of Nations and the honour of nations
A woman in a dress
A doormat
Manchuria
Who is applying a "Face saving kit" to the League of Nations?
The USA
China
Japan
Lord Lytton (Britain)
What is the message of the cartoon?
The Japanese are nasty people
The League is able to endure anything and still looks fabulous, darlings
The British are allowing the Japanese to walk over the League and are only caring about the public perception, not stopping them
The British give the best makeovers
What does the lady with the sword and scales represent?
Justice
The League of Nations
A warrior goddess
Japanese military aggression
What do the monkeys represent?
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil
The League of Nations
People pretending they don't know that Japan is doing bad things
All of the above
What is the message of the cartoon?
The League of Nations are run by monkeys
The League will not bring Justice, because they refuse to acknowledge the bad things the Japanese have done
All judges are monkeys
The Japanese are monkeys and should die by the sword
What is the Briand Pact?
The Kellogg-Briand pact was an agreement not to use war to settle any country's problems.
The Kellogg-Briand pact was an agreement not to divide the territory of China
The Kellogg-Briand pact was an agreement to limit the size of Japan's navy
The Kellogg-Briand pact was an agreement with Hitler, to fight against Communists
What is the message of the cartoon?
Japan is getting ready for war
The Japanese attack on Manchuria is destroying their promise in the Kellogg-Briand Pact
The Japanese are very ugly (What a racist cartoon)
If you want peace, prepare for war
