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Peacemaking, peacekeeping-international relations 1918-36
Causes, practices and effects of war
Origins and development of authoritarian and single-party states
Inter war period
20th Century Europe
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This peace treaty recognised the independence of Yugoslavia, returned Macedonia to Greece and included clauses on reparations and limitations on the armed forses of Bulgaria.
What is the Treaty of Neuilly (1919)?
100
Came into effect at 11 am on the 11th day of November 1918.
What is the Armistice
100
Three Left Opposition or 'Deviationists' defeated by Stalin in 1926.
Who are Trotsky, Zinoviev and Kamenev.
100
Place and date. The capital of Lithuania, a newly crowned state. It was seized by a Polish general. The league failed to act in this crucial test. France and Britain should have condemned Poland and forced its troops to leave. However, they were keen on building good relations with Poland to create a buffer between Germany and Soviet Russia.
What is Vilna?
100
Three Right Opposition or 'Deviationists' who were voted off the Politburo in 1929.
Who are Bukharin, Rykov and Tomsky.
200
Treaty signed in 1923 returning Turkish sovereignty of the Bosphorous and Dardanelles Straits. Also, foreign troops were withdrawn from Turkish territory.
Treaty of Lausanne
200
The only major sea battle of WWI.
What is the Battle of Jutland.
200
Model workers in Stalin's Russia who received rewards for producing well above their quotas. They were also used as a reason for increasing quotas.
What are Stakhanovites.
200
This law, in this year, decreed parliament should be determined by Fascist Grand Council (headed by Mussolini).
Electoral law of 1928.
200
Collectivisation was not a popular policy and, in 1930, the shockingly poor harvest resulted in Stalin calling for a temporary halt with this article printed in Pravda.
What is 'Dizzy with Success'.
300
A vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal.
Plebiscite.
300
The CCP retreated to this province after the 'White Terror' in Shanghai in 1927.
What is the Jiangxi province.
300
This phrase was first spoken by Mao in a speech to the Politburo in 1956. It was eventually to lead to an anti-rightist movement.
What is "to let a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend".
300
Two major events of 1936.
What are the remilitarisation of the Rhineland by the German Army and the signing of the Rome Belin axis between Hitler and Mussolini?
300
Britain felt its control over the seas threatened and established the Entente Cordial (cordial understanding) with France in this year.
What is 1904.
400
On September 1931 a bomb exploded near this place, sparking a major international incident.
What is Mukden.
400
During the Long March, Mao took control of the CCP at this conference.
What is the Zunyi Conference.
400
These two compiled the "Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong" or "Little Red Book" in 1963.
Who is Lin Biao and Chen Boda.
400
This Pope, who was obsessed with the fear of Communism, signed the Leteran Treaties in 1929.
Who is Pope Pius XI.
400
Two types of collective farms set up by Stalin. 1. The state farm, here all the land was owned by the state and all produce went to the state, and workers were paid wages. 2. The collective farm, where workers were also allowed to keep some plots of land for themselves.
What are 1. sovkhoz and 2. kolkhoz.
500
Agreement signed in 1935 between Britain and Germany.
What is the Anglo-German Naval Agreement.
500
This former General and hero of the Gallipoli campaign took control of Turkey in 1922.
What is Mustapha Kemal.
500
This organisation provided the Italian people with things to do in their leasure time. There were cheap holidays, tours and cruises. The organisation also controlled the theatres, dramatic societies, libraries, orchestras, bands and sporting organisations.
What is Dopolavoro?
500
This US President condemned japan in 1931 when they invaded Manchuria. However, he refused to join in economic sanctions or to make any move which might lead to war with Japan.
Who in Herbert Hoover?
500
Name and position of the Austrian murdered in an attempt to achieve anschluss in 1934.
Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss.