Region: Europe Flashcards
The signing of what in 1992 created the European Union?
The Maastricht Treaty
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Name 3 main differences between the EC and the EU
The European Union moved towards
1. Common foreign and seucrity policy
2. Common currency
3. Single EU market (goods, services, people)
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The free movement of people within the EU was established in an area called
the Schengen Area
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The EU expanded its membership from 12 countries to XX by 2013
Twenty eight
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When was the UK referendum on leaving the EU held?
2016
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What two projects have helped bring stability to Europe post WW2?
- NATO alliance
- European integration
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In the 1800’s, after Napolean, and severeal decades of peace, there was a war in …
Crimea
(1853-56) Russia vs. Ottoman, France, the UK and Sardinia-Piedmont
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What alliance was built to keep Russian threat down after WW2?
NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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NATO’s mission can be summarised by…
“keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans down”
NATO’s first secretary-general
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Three main problems facing Europe after WW2?
- Threat of Soviet Union
- Rebuilding countries’ economies
- Prevent re-emergence of war
The —- was the project to give financial aid to Europe after WW2.
The Marshall Plan
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Who’s plan was it to knit Germany and France together to prevent war after WW2?
Robert Schuman
French statesman
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What was Robert Schuman’s plan following WW2?
European Coal and Steel Community (between France, West Germany, Italy, Benelux)
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What was the alliance system set up by the Soviet Union in 1955?
The Warsaw Pact
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The war in Bosnia ended in 1995, through the —
Dayton Accords
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