Nations of the League
This major empire had colonies and Commonwealths all over the world.
Who were the British/UK?
This commission was tasked with stopping slavery.
What was The Slavery Commission?
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?
A major contributor to the failing of the LoN was its lack of this, meaning an organized group of armed people.
What is an army?
This global economic crisis badly hurt the League.
What was the Great Depression?
Although they never joined the LoN, it had been their president's idea.
What is the USA?
This committee advised on matters of economics and finance.
What was the Economics and Financial Committee?
One of the Health Committee's biggest successes was a campaign to kill these insects.
What are mosquitos?
The failure to prevent this European country from declaring war on Ethiopia is widely considered to be the final failure of the League.
What is Italy?
In terms of population, this was the largest country formed from the collapse of the Russian Empire.
What is Poland?
This LoN member, despite being a republic, still had a massive colonial empire overseas.
What is France?
This commission returned almost 500000 prisoners of war to their homes.
What was the Refugee Commission?
The LoN prevented a war between these two Balkan nations in 1925.
What are Greece and Bulgaria?
The widespread nature of this problem meant the LoN was powerless to stop it.
What is slavery?
These two political ideologies thrived in the chaos between the wars.
What are Fascism and Communism?
A late addition to the League, they eventually took Italy's spot on the council.
What is Russia/USSR?
One Commission was dedicated to controlling the spread of this drug, made from poppies.
What is Opium?
The LoN recommended the banning of this toxic element in industrial applications, especially paint.
What is lead?
The LoN failed to stop Italy from taking this island from Greece.
What is Corfu?
From the 1920's-40's, China was broken up into smaller territories ruled by these:
What are Warlords?
These two countries asked the LoN to help them settle the ownership of the Aland Islands in 1921.
Who/What are Sweden and Finland?
In 1927, the Slavery Commission raided slave camps in this African country.
Where is Sierra Leone?
The LoN helped this former empire back onto its feet after WWI by sending economic advisors.
What is Austria?
While initially successful, the LoN was unable to make Germany and Poland agree to a long-term peace in this region.
What is Upper Silesia?
In 1928, Germany signed this agreement with 65 other countries, promising to never again use war to solve their problems.
What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact?