Robert Louis Stevenson’s book A Footnote to History describes how a diplomatic standoff in this country was averted when a cyclone wrecked all the warships in its harbor. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this modern-day country whose independence was advocated for by the Mau movement. Germany was granted administration of this island country in 1899, while the US administered a set of islands to the east.
ANSWER: Samoa [reject “American Samoa”]
[10h] This country invaded Samoa during World War I and began administering it as a League of Nations mandate. Over 20 percent of Samoa’s population died after a ship from this country, the SS Talune, brought the Spanish flu.
ANSWER: New Zealand [or Aotearoa]
[10e] After the League of Nations dissolved, Samoa was administered as a trust territory by New Zealand under this organization. New Zealand served on this organization’s Security Council in 1954 and 1955.
ANSWER: United Nations [or UN; accept the United Nations Security Council]
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