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Mini-quiz 1: League of Nations: structure and organization.

Quiz by Maria Pia Landi

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  • Q1
    1. Which were the main organs of the League of Nations?
    The Secretariat, the Assembly and the Council.
    The Secretariat, the Assembly and the Committees.
    The Secretariat, the Assembly and the Commissions.
    120s
  • Q2
    2. The Secretariat was in charge of:
    All the answers mentioned.
    Carrying out the Council's decisions.
    Sending experts to offer advice on disputes.
    The administration of the League of Nations and paperwork.
    120s
  • Q3
    3. The Secretariat
    Worked on annual basis.
    Monitored budgets and circulated reports.
    Organized conferences and meetings.
    All the answers mentioned.
    120s
  • Q4
    4. Which of these statements are part of the Assembly´s structure?
    Decisions had to be reached by majority of votes.
    It met several times a year.
    It elected permanent members of the Council.
    Every country member of the League had one vote.
    120s
  • Q5
    5. Which of these factors made the Assembly a rather inefficient decision-makingbody ?
    It elected non-permanent members of the Council.
    Every member of the League had only one vote.
    Major decisions had to be reached unanimously.
    It admitted new members.
    120s
  • Q6
    6. Which were the main activities of the Council?
    It was supposed to be an important source of moral pressure on government leaders.
    It sent experts to zones on dispute.
    The Council was the decision-making part of the League. When a crisis developed it had to decide on action based on a unanimous decision.
    It developed health programmes for refugees and poor countries.
    120s
  • Q7
    7. Which was the most important weakness of the Council ?
    When a crisis developed it had to decide on action based on a unanimous decision, based on the reports prepared by the experts sent on mission.
    It met four times a year, but more often during crises.
    It included some permanent and some non-permanent members.
    When it started the Council's permanent members were Britain, France, Italy and Japan.
    120s
  • Q8
    8. Which were the results for the League in the resolution of the conflict on the Åland Islands?
    All the answers.
    The development of autonomy was important and Swedish customs were preserved.
    Sweden had preserved its borders so there was no precedent which might lead to countless other ethic claims.
    The people of the Aland Islands were either Finnish or Sweden citizens.
    120s
  • Q9
    9. Which alert did the case of the Åland Islands bring about?
    That the principle of self-determination was dangerous.
    That the principle of self-determination proposed by Wilson should have certain limits to avoid inconsistent enquiries of minor groups.
    That the principle of self-determination was inconsistent.
    That the principle of self-determination proposed by Wilson should not be applied.
    120s
  • Q10
    10. The Council's demand to end military action in the Greco-Bulgarian confrontation of 1925 was obeyed and then, investigated the reasons for the incident and reported them. In the past, small border incidents like this had started wars. Which were the reasons for this success?
    All the answers mentioned.
    Both countries had domestic difficulties: demilitarisation and struggle with refugees
    Neither Greece nor Bulgaria was allied to a Great Power who could have acted to support one of them.
    Greece and Bulgaria were about to go to war, but in fact neither was in a position to conduct a serious military campaign.
    120s

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