Edexcel IGCSE History Questions & Answers

Edexcel IGCSE History Questions & Answers Stop wars Improve lives Disarmanent Enforce Treaty What were the 4 main aims of the League of Nations? S I D E 1921 In what year was the Aaland Island dispute? They decided that Finland should keep the island but would not be able to keep any weapons there. How did the league solve the dispute over the Aaland Islands? 1921 In what year was the dispute in Upper Silesia? That we decided to partition the land after the plebiscite and both sides excepted the decision. How can we be said to have been successful over Upper Silesia in 1921? In 1922 to 1923 the only helped arrange loans to Austria and hungry. In 1924 the league solved the dispute between Turkey and Iraq in favour of Iraq. Explain to other successes of the League in the 1920s. It worked to prevent leprosy,yellow fever, malaria, ended typhus epidemics. What success did the health committee of the league have? Set 200,000 slaves free in Sierra Leone. Explain a success of the slavery commission. It arranged for the repatriation of 400,000 First World War prisoners. Explain how the commission for refugees was successful. When was the Washington Conference? Trying to limit tension in the Pacific Ocean between Japan and the USA. What was its main concern? I was organised by the USA. Explain how the Washington Conference made the League look weak? The USA and Britain will have navies of equal size and Japan would have 3/5 of the size of Britain and France's navy. What were the two main agreements from the Washington Conference? Russia and Germany. Who signed the Rapallo Treaty? It allowed Germsny access to most of the weapons banned in the Treaty of Versailles. How did the Treaty of Rapallo make the League look weak ? Fiume was populated by mostly Italians but was given to Yugoslavia Why was Italy not happy with the outcome of the Paris Peace treaties? 1923 When was the dispute between Italy and Greece? 50 million lire What did Mussolini say that Greece had to do as a result of the dead Italian members of the Conference of Ambassadors? Bombed and invaded Corfu. What did Mussolini do when Greece refused to pay 50 million lire? The League of Nations who condemned Mussolini. Who did the Greeks appeal to for help with Mussolini and what did they do? The Greeks had to pay 50 million lire and Mussolini claimed Corfu. What was the outcome of the Corfu crisis? Not very well How did the League look after the Corfu Crisis? Solved problems caused by the Ruhr Valley Crisis. How did the Dawes Plan help international relations? Briand - France Chamberlain - Britain Stresemann - Germany Who were the 3 key players at the Locarno Conference in 1925 and what countries were they representing? Nobel Peace Prize What were the three key players of the Locarno Conference awarded with? 1925 What year was the Locarno Conference? Germany, Britain and France agreed to accept the existing borders as set up by the Treaty of Versailles. What was the territorial outcome of Locarno? The League of Nations What did Germany join as a consequence of the Locarno Conference? It was not arranged by the League of Nations. How did the Locarno Conference make the League look weak? 1928 In what year was the Kellog-Briand Pact? 15 How many countries signed the Kellog- Briand pact? If the League had been trusted to ensure that another war would not occur then the pact would not have been signed. How did the Kellog-Briand pact undermine the League? 1929 When was the Young Plan signed? Help Germany pay off her reparations What were the terms of the Young Plan? January 1933 When did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany? 6 million How many people were unemployed when he Nazis party came into power? - Overthrow the Versailles Treaty. - Make Germany a great power. - Unite all Germans in one country. - To create living space. What were Hitler's 4 foreign policy aims? The depression contributed to the collapse of the Weimar Republic. What were Hitler's 4 foreign policy aims? Japan adopted an aggressive foreign policy to gain more land so that they could get out of their economic depression. Explain the link between Japan's foreign policy in the 1930s and the Great Depression. - Army became more influential. - Japan needed to recover from the Wall St Crash. - Japan was becoming over populated. - Manchuria had a lot of land and material. - China was in a civil war which made it weak and it could not defend itself against Japan. Explain why Japan invaded Manchuria Lord Lytton Who did the League send to investigate Manchuria? Japan was the aggressor and should withdraw from Manchuria. What did Lord Lytton's report suggest about Manchuria? National self- interest Why did Britain and France not get involved with Manchuria? French Indo-China What French Colony was in Asia? Berma What British Colony was in Asia? 1933 What year did Japan leave the League? October 1935 What month and Year did Italy invade Abyssinia? - Mussolini wanted more land. - Mussolini wanted Italy to be more economically powerful. - Mussolini needed to distract the Italians from the depression at home. - Mussolini wanted revenge for the battle of Adowa. - Italy witnessed Japan get away with Manchuria. What 6 reasons explain why Italy invaded Abyssinia?