Which Italian colonial ambition drove Mussolini to invade Ethiopia (Abyssinia) in 1935?
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Correct answer: Building a new Roman Empire and avenging a 19th-century defeat
Mussolini sought to increase Italian prestige and territory in Africa. The invasion demonstrated the weakness of the League of Nations and pushed Italy closer to an alliance with Nazi Germany.
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