Q.1
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?
  • The Sykes/Picot Agreement
  • The Daladier/Chamberlain Plan
  • The Hoare/Laval Plan
  • The Chamberlain/Briand Pact
Q.2
Which Abyssinian leader appealed personally in Geneva for assistance in the face of Italian aggression?
  • Haile Mariam
  • Haile Mengistu
  • Haile Selassie
  • 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?
  • The Gulf of Aqaba
  • The Straits of Tiran
  • The River Nile
  • 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?
  • France
  • Canada
  • Britain
  • Switzerland
Q.5
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?
  • Adowa
  • Asmara
  • Addis Ababa
  • Djibouti
Q.6
The status of Abyssinia was unusual and only shared by one other area in Africa. What was this factor?
  • It was colonised by two European states
  • It was an independent state, not a colony
  • It was ruled according to the terms of a League of Nations mandate
  • 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?
  • Eritrea
  • The Sudan
  • Kenya
  • Uganda
Q.8
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?
  • Quattara
  • Wal Wal
  • Fashoda
  • 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?
  • No measures at all
  • Military sanctions
  • Economic sanctions with certain exceptions such as coal and iron ore
  • 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?
  • The Carthaginian Empire
  • The Greek Empire
  • The Phoenician Empire
  • The Roman Empire
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