Q.1.
The foreign ministers of Britain and France concocted a plan to give two-thirds of Abyssinia to Italy, leaving a central core that included the capital and the railway to French Somaliland. They gave both their names to this device. What was it called?
Q.2.
Which Abyssinian leader appealed personally in Geneva for assistance in the face of Italian aggression?
Q.3.
Italian warships and transports used an international waterway to get access to the Red Sea, and thence to threaten Abyssinia. What was the name of this waterway?
Q.4.
The Abyssinian leader took refuge in another state until his land had been freed during the Second World War. Where did he go?
Q.5.
Mussolini was anxious to avenge the defeat of an Italian army in 1896 at the hands of an Abyssinian force. Where did this defeat take place?
Q.6.
The status of Abyssinia was unusual and only shared by one other area in Africa. What was this factor?
Q.7.
Italy already had two colonies that bordered Abyssinia. Which one of the following African territories did Italy control?
Q.8.
Italy complained about Abyssinian shepherds making use of an Italian oasis. Mussolini used this border incursion as an excuse to invade. What was the name of the oasis?
Q.9.
What measures did the League of Nations take against Italy as a punishment for the invasion, and in the hope that it would accordingly fail?
Q.10.
Mussolini maintained that he was trying to re-establish an empire from the classical period. Which such empire was he attempting to revive?