The post-war peace system
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
List four elements of the Versailles–Washington system (conference or treaty) with years.
Paris Conference 1919–1920; Treaty of Versailles 1919; Washington Conference 1921–1922; Treaty of Lausanne 1923.
2
Why could the League of Nations not secure international peace? Give three reasons.
Some major states were not members or left; it had no enforcement power; some states put their own interests first.
3
Explain the mandate system in your own words.
A system in which, in the League’s name, a victor state administered former colonial territories of defeated states.
4
Essay plan: “Versailles and the later war” – write a two-sentence thesis.
Free answer: show how the treaty being seen as unjust and economic hardship gave ground to radical movements.
5
Which event showed a new war centre emerging in Asia?
Japan’s occupation of Manchuria in 1931–1932 and its war on China in 1937.