(A) ** Mussolini wanted revenge for a military defeat in 1896
(B) It showed Japan that it was possible to get away with disobeying the laws of the League of Nations
(C) ** Italy gained land and resources by taking over Abyssinia
(D) ** It was a way for improving the Italian economy after the Great Depression
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -These policies provided a powerful stimulus. Between 1921 and 1925, the Italian economy grew more than 20 percent. Unemployment fell 77 percent. The boom boosted Mussolini’s political standing and enabled him to pursue what he really wanted: government control of the economy.
Concept note-2: -In order to promote trade, Mussolini pushed the Italian parliament to ratify an “Italo-Soviet political and economic agreement” by early 1923. This agreement assisted Mussolini’s effort to have the Soviet Union officially recognized by Italy in 1924, the first Western nation to do so.
Concept note-3: -The aim of invading Ethiopia was to boost Italian national prestige, which was wounded by Ethiopia’s defeat of Italian forces at the Battle of Adowa in the nineteenth century (1896), which saved Ethiopia from Italian colonisation.
Concept note-4: -Il Duce at War In 1935, Mussolini ordered the invasion of Ethiopia, a poor African country that had once humiliated Italy in battle.