WORLD HISTORY

WORLD WAR I

CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the purpose of the mandate system?
A
It was intended to prepare territories for future independence.
B
It established permanent systems of government for the territories.
C
It weakened the economies of countries that were supporting the territories.
D
It was supposed to prepare territories for unification with the controlling country.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Mandate System was an attempt to stop the cycle of war and fighting over conquered land by appropriating the land of the collapsed Ottoman Empire and the colonies of Germany.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Mandate System was devised by the League of Nations after WWI as a method to maintain peace and promote self-determination in territories formerly governed by the Ottoman and German Empires.

Detailed explanation-3: -The mandate system was created in the aftermath of World War I to resolve the question of jurisdiction over the colonial territories detached from Germany and the Ottoman Empire.

Detailed explanation-4: -Terms in this set (27) The mandate system was established by the treaties ending World War I. Under this system, the victors of World War I were given responsibility for governing former German and Ottoman territories as mandates from the League.

Detailed explanation-5: -A League of Nations mandate was a legal status for certain territories transferred from the control of one country to another following World War I, or the legal instruments that contained the internationally agreed-upon terms for administering the territory on behalf of the League.

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