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History Quiz - World War One Aftermath: League Of Nations - 1930s - The Manchuria Crisis Of 1931-1932 (Questions)

In GCSE History students will look at World War One and its aftermath, including the subsequent League of Nations. This is the third of four quizzes on that topic and it looks in particular at how the League of Nations dealt with the Manchuria Crisis.

The Japanese attack on Manchuria was the first major crisis to challenge the League of Nations, when one substantial power attacked another. China, as a League member, appealed to the League HQ for assistance.

Learn how the League of Nations dealt with the Manchuria Crisis in this quiz.

1. What was Japan's status in the League of Nations at this time (1931)?
[ ] A member, but not of the Council
[ ] Not a member at all
[ ] Both a member and a member of the Council
[ ] A member of the Council, but not an ordinary member
2. Which British diplomat was sent by the League to Manchuria to investigate and report back?
[ ] Lord Lytton
[ ] Lord Curzon
[ ] Harold Nicolson
[ ] Lord Halifax
3. Which Japanese textile industry was hit particularly badly by the recession?
[ ] Cotton
[ ] Wool
[ ] Silk
[ ] Nylon
4. Once they had overrun Manchuria, the Japanese installed a member of the Manchu dynasty to rule the territory as a puppet. What was his name?
[ ] Sun Yat Sen
[ ] Chiang Kai Shek
[ ] Pu Yi
[ ] Zhou En Lai
5. The Japanese even changed the name of Manchuria, pretending that it was now a fully independent state. What was the new name?
[ ] The Manchu Republic
[ ] Republic of North China
[ ] Manchukuo
[ ] Democratic Republic of North China
6. What name was given to the League of Nations' principle whereby an attack on one member was regarded as an attack on all? Thus, all member states should feel safe in the event of outside aggression.
[ ] Common safety
[ ] Collective security
[ ] Joint defence
[ ] Protective shield
7. Which great power never joined the League?
[ ] The Soviet Union
[ ] The United States of America
[ ] Germany
[ ] Italy
8. What name is given to the severe economic downturn, which began in 1929 and continued well into the 1930s?
[ ] The Great Recession
[ ] The Great Depression
[ ] The Great Economic Crisis
[ ] The Great Economic Disaster
9. What measures did the League take against Japan following the submission of a report on what had happened in Manchuria?
[ ] No action at all
[ ] Military sanctions
[ ] Economic sanctions
[ ] The cutting off of cultural and educational links
10. Which political group officially formed the government in the rest of China at this time?
[ ] The Communist Party
[ ] The Kuomintang/The Nationalist Party
[ ] The Republican Party
[ ] The Liberal Party

You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Paris Peace Treaties and the League of Nations, to 1933

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History Quiz - World War One Aftermath: League Of Nations - 1930s - The Manchuria Crisis Of 1931-1932 (Answers)
1. What was Japan's status in the League of Nations at this time (1931)?
[ ] A member, but not of the Council
[ ] Not a member at all
[x] Both a member and a member of the Council
[ ] A member of the Council, but not an ordinary member
The peacemakers in 1919 were keen that all major states should belong to the League
2. Which British diplomat was sent by the League to Manchuria to investigate and report back?
[x] Lord Lytton
[ ] Lord Curzon
[ ] Harold Nicolson
[ ] Lord Halifax
Sending an investigator had the advantage of playing for time. No League member was keen on action, especially in difficult economic circumstances
3. Which Japanese textile industry was hit particularly badly by the recession?
[ ] Cotton
[ ] Wool
[x] Silk
[ ] Nylon
Japan's economy was heavily dependent on exports. Manchuria offered new sources of raw materials and fresh markets for manufactured goods
4. Once they had overrun Manchuria, the Japanese installed a member of the Manchu dynasty to rule the territory as a puppet. What was his name?
[ ] Sun Yat Sen
[ ] Chiang Kai Shek
[x] Pu Yi
[ ] Zhou En Lai
The Manchu dynasty, which itself came from Manchuria, had ruled China for centuries. A republic had been set up in 1911, but the Japanese managed to locate a surviving male member of the family
5. The Japanese even changed the name of Manchuria, pretending that it was now a fully independent state. What was the new name?
[ ] The Manchu Republic
[ ] Republic of North China
[x] Manchukuo
[ ] Democratic Republic of North China
The new state never obtained wide international recognition, being regarded as a Japanese colony won by brutal conquest
6. What name was given to the League of Nations' principle whereby an attack on one member was regarded as an attack on all? Thus, all member states should feel safe in the event of outside aggression.
[ ] Common safety
[x] Collective security
[ ] Joint defence
[ ] Protective shield
Many quite minor states joined the League, maintaining that this principle, accepted by all members, was what attracted them about membership
7. Which great power never joined the League?
[ ] The Soviet Union
[x] The United States of America
[ ] Germany
[ ] Italy
The original idea had been that all major states would join. However, democratic countries needed to refer the issue to their elected parliaments, and not all such assemblies were that keen on the pledges needed for League membership
8. What name is given to the severe economic downturn, which began in 1929 and continued well into the 1930s?
[ ] The Great Recession
[x] The Great Depression
[ ] The Great Economic Crisis
[ ] The Great Economic Disaster
Beginning in the USA, these problems soon affected all industrial nations to a greater or lesser extent
9. What measures did the League take against Japan following the submission of a report on what had happened in Manchuria?
[x] No action at all
[ ] Military sanctions
[ ] Economic sanctions
[ ] The cutting off of cultural and educational links
The League had a range of actions which it could take but chose none of them
10. Which political group officially formed the government in the rest of China at this time?
[ ] The Communist Party
[x] The Kuomintang/The Nationalist Party
[ ] The Republican Party
[ ] The Liberal Party
From the early 1920s China was in the throes of a civil war, complicated from 1931 by the Japanese attack on Manchuria
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