MOCK QUESTIONS UNIT 2

1.

a) What were the main aims of the League of Nations when it was set up in 1920?
b) Why did its structure and membership weaken the League?
c) How far was the League of Nations a success? Explain your answer.

2.

a) Describe the humanitarian work of the League of Nations in the 1920s.

b) Why was the League able to achieve some successes in the 1920s in dealing with
international disputes?
c) How far can the World Depression be blamed for the failure of the League?
Explain your answer.

3.

a) What were the main aims of the League of Nations when it was set up in 1920?
b) Why was the League of Nations dominated by Britain and France?
c) How far did the League of Nations achieve its aims in the 1920s? Explain your
answer.

4.

a) What were the weaknesses of Britain and France as leaders of the League of
Nations?
b) Why did some countries view the setting up of the League of Nations with
suspicion?
c) How far was the League of Nations a failure in its peacekeeping role in the
1920s? Explain your answer.

5.

a) What was ‘collective security’?

b) Why was the League’s organisation and structure a weakness?
c) How successful was the League of Nations in dealing with international disputes
in the 1920s? Explain your answer.

6.

a) Describe two successes the League of Nations had in the 1920s in solving
disputes.
b) Why was the League of Nations quite successful in the first ten years of its
existence?
 c) ‘The good work of the League was destroyed by the Depression of the 1930s.’
Do you agree? Explain your answer.

7.

a) What was the Hoare-Laval Pact?

b) Why was the conquest of Abyssinia by Italy not prevented by the League of
Nations?
c) To what extent can the outbreak of war in 1939 be blamed upon the failure of the
League of Nations? Explain your answer.

8.

a) How did the League of Nations hope to prevent future wars between nations?
b) Why did the League of Nations fail to restrict the aggression of Japan in the
1930s?
c) How far was the League of Nations a failure? Explain your answer.

9.

a) Describe the successes of the League of Nations in the 1920s.

b) Why did the League fail to deal with Japanese aggression against Manchuria?
c) ‘It was the Abyssinian crisis that destroyed the League of Nations as an effective
peacekeeping body.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer.

10.
a) Describe the successes of the League of Nations in peacekeeping in the 1920s.
b) Explain how the Japanese invasion of Manchuria showed the weaknesses of the
League.
c) Which was the most important cause of the failure of the League of Nations – the
World Depression of the 1930s or the invasion of Abyssinia? Explain your answer.

11.

a) What steps did the League of Nations take against Japan following the invasion of
Manchuria?
b) Why did the Depression cause problems for the League?
c) ‘The League of Nations was based on sound ideas.’ How far do you agree with this
statement? Explain your answer.