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World War One Aftermath: League Of Nations: 1930S - The Abyssinia Crisis Of 1935-1936
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The foreign ministers of Britain and France concocted a plan to give two-thirds of Abyssinia to Italy, leaving a central core that included the capital and the railway to French Somaliland. They gave both their names to this device. What was it called?
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The Sykes/Picot Agreement
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The Daladier/Chamberlain Plan
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The Hoare/Laval Plan
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The Chamberlain/Briand Pact
Q.2
Which Abyssinian leader appealed personally in Geneva for assistance in the face of Italian aggression?
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Haile Mariam
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Haile Mengistu
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Haile Selassie
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Haile Gebreselassie
Q.3
Italian warships and transports used an international waterway to get access to the Red Sea, and thence to threaten Abyssinia. What was the name of this waterway?
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The Gulf of Aqaba
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The Straits of Tiran
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The River Nile
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The Suez Canal
Q.4
The Abyssinian leader took refuge in another state until his land had been freed during the Second World War. Where did he go?
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France
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Canada
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Britain
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Switzerland
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Mussolini was anxious to avenge the defeat of an Italian army in 1896 at the hands of an Abyssinian force. Where did this defeat take place?
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Adowa
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Asmara
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Addis Ababa
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Djibouti
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The status of Abyssinia was unusual and only shared by one other area in Africa. What was this factor?
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It was colonised by two European states
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It was an independent state, not a colony
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It was ruled according to the terms of a League of Nations mandate
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It had been independent at one time, but by 1935 it was a colony
Q.7
Italy already had two colonies that bordered Abyssinia. Which one of the following African territories did Italy control?
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Eritrea
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The Sudan
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Kenya
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Uganda
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Italy complained about Abyssinian shepherds making use of an Italian oasis. Mussolini used this border incursion as an excuse to invade. What was the name of the oasis?
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Quattara
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Wal Wal
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Fashoda
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Massawa
Q.9
What measures did the League of Nations take against Italy as a punishment for the invasion, and in the hope that it would accordingly fail?
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No measures at all
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Military sanctions
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Economic sanctions with certain exceptions such as coal and iron ore
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Unrestricted economic sanctions
Q.10
Mussolini maintained that he was trying to re-establish an empire from the classical period. Which such empire was he attempting to revive?
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The Carthaginian Empire
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The Greek Empire
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The Phoenician Empire
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The Roman Empire
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