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Question	Answer
"The economic position is only flourishing on the surface. Germany is in fact dancing on a volcano" was said by who, from which country?	Gustav Stresemann, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Germany.
The economic depression in the USA...	severely affected country's such as Germany, which had become reliant upon American loans.
In August 1929, the Young Plan	cut reparation payments from £6.6 billion to £2 billion, with 59 more years to pay.
The Great Depression contributed to	the popularity of the NSDAP in Weimar Republic Germany
Due to the Great Depression members of the League of Nations were	reluctant to impose economic sanctions as it would impede their own economic prosperity
Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria in	1931
In 1932 the LoN published the	Lytton report identifying Japan as the aggressor
Two countries could have intervened in the Manchurian crisis, but were not members:	The USSR and USA
Leader of Italy:	Benito Mussolini
Leader of Abyssinia:	Haile Selassie
Benito Mussolini seized power in 1922,	one of his foreign policy goals was to recreate the Roman Empire
2-3 October 1935:	Italian forces invaded Abyssinian territory from Eritrea.
The League of Nations first response to the invasion of Abyssinia was:	moral condemnation
November 1936	Rome – Berlin Axis formed
The Disarmament Conference took place between,	February 1932 and November 1934
The Disarmament Conference,	failed
October 1933	Hitler withdrew from the Disarmament Conference
The British signed an agreement with Germany in 1935 that allowed	Germany to build up its navy as long as it stayed under 25% of the size of Britain’s.
The Spanish Civil War began:	1936
The Spanish Civil War ended:	1939