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What treaties launched the European Economic Community (EEC) and Euratom?

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Rome

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What happened to the European Defense Community?

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The treaty was signed but never ratified

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True or false: Plans for the European Political Community were linked to the European Defence Community.

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True

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How did France initially wish to address the German question?

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They wanted to see Germany remain divided and occupied by the allies

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What best describes the relationship between the High Authority of the ECSC and the Council?

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Often tense and difficult

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What event triggered the proposal of a European Defense Community?

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Korean War

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Why did Germany accept the Schuman Plan?

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Konrad Adenauers personal values and ideology; Germany faced US pressure to accept it; it rehabilitated Germany economically and restored its legitimacy in the eyes of the world and strengthened its alliances

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True or false: The French vetoed British attempts to enter negotiations to join the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in 1950

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True

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Wartime resistance movements were instrumental in the creation of what movement?

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European Union of Federalists

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What were the powers of the High Authority of the ECSC?

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Overseeing the coal and steel industry, including production, financing and investment

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Which group was opposed to a supranational authority?

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German industrialists

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What was the outcome of the 1948 Congress of Europe?

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The council of Europe

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What was the Pleven Plan?

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A plan to create a European Defence Community

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True or false: Jean Monnet sought to create a coal and steel community built on free market principles.

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False

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Why was agriculture included in the Treaty of Rome?

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Why was agriculture included in the Treaty of Rome? It was politically important for securing French support

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Which of the following was not an area in which the French demanded a concession at Messina?

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Regional development

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True or false: The Americans had little or no influence on the development of the European Coal and Steel Community.

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True

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True or false: The Treaty of Rome designed the High Authority as a hierarchical and bureaucratic organization.

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False

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True or false: European states were reluctant to allow the Organization for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC) to develop into a powerful supranational body.

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True

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True or false: In the early days of the ECSC, national governments insisted that the High Authority be given a wide range of powers.

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False

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What triggered crisis in the ECSC in 1959?

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A fall in demand for coal

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What was Robert Schuman referring to when he said “the solidarity in production will make it plain that any war between France and Germany becomes not merely unthinkable, but materially impossible”?

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Pooling of coal and steel supplies

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Who, in 1946, called for a “United States of Europe”?

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Winston Churchill

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What organization was created to administer the Marshall Plan?

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The committee for European Economic Cooperation (CEEC)

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True or false: The Treaties of Rome granted the Euratom and European Economic Community (EEC) Commissions similar powers.
False
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What is the Council of Europe?
The originator of the European Convention on Human Rights
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True or false: The European Defence Community was linked to the European Coal and Steel Community.
True
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What was the purpose of the conference in Messina in June 1955?
To develop a common market
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What was the Schuman Plan?
A plan to pool the coal and steel resources of Germany, France, Italy and the Benelux countries, managed by a supranational body 
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True or false: Jean Monnet preferred intrusive public sector intervention to free market
False
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What did the ECSC achieve?
provided an example of successful European co-operation under a supranational framework; limited the re-emergence of German coal and steel cartels; secured coal resources for France
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True or false: The Schuman Plan sought sectoral integration.
True
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What is the name of the treaty that established the European Coal and Steel Community?
Treaty of Paris
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What was the aim of the Marshall Plan?
assist European economic recovery; promote international trade; combat the threat of communism
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Which of the following was not a concession secured by member states during negotiations of the Treaty of Paris?
Maintaining the German coal and steel cartels in the Ruhr valley
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True or false: After the failure of the European Defence Community (EDC), Europe's security dilemma was addressed by the Western European Union.
True
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Which of the following was not a factor that limited the effectiveness of the Euratom Commission?
A shortage of translators
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True or false: The Americans responded to the communist threat with the Marshall Plan; European states responded with the treaties of Dunkirk and Brussels.
False
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True or false: The quest for European unity is unique to the post Second World War period.
False
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When the Federal Republic of Germany was established in 1949, what problems did this create for France?
France viewed a sovereign Germany as a security risk and it threatened French access to German coal
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What did David Mitranys functionalism advocate?
Creation of several international regulatory agencies
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What, according to liberal intergovernmentalists, is the key factor that shapes national preferences?
The balance of domestic economic interests
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What preoccupation do postfunctionalist theories of European integration criticize other theorists for?
Economic interests
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According to liberal intergovernmentalists, why do national governments delegate decision-making authority to supranational institutions?
National governments believe that supranational organizations can best enforce and implement the policy decisions negotiated by national governments
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What form of co-operation resulted from the Schuman Plan?
The European Coal and Steel Community
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Which of the following is not a form of spillover identified by neo-functionalists?
Cultural spillover
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Which of the following theorists is associated with intergovernmentalism?
Stanley Hoffman
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Which theorist is most closely associated with neo-functionalism?
Ernst Haas
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What did the European federalists advocate?
Abolition of sovereign nation-states
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What do theories of supranational governance emphasize?
Supranational actors; transnational business actors; development of rules at the European level
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True or false: The Treaty of Nice extended qualified majority voting.
True
52
Who famously described the TEU as a "treaty too far"?
Margaret Thatcher
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Which two countries acceded to the EU in 2007?
Romania and Bulgaria
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Which of the following member-states held two referendums on the Lisbon Treaty?
Ireland
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What were the recommendations of the 1989 Delors Report
Progress toward monetary union and a single currency
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True or false: The constitutional treaty drafted by the convention was amended by member states at an intergovernmental conference (IGC).
True
57
What does the motto "do less but do it better" refer to?
The mission statement for the Santer Commission
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What issue was a sticking point during negotiations to prepare Europe for enlargement?
Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
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True or false: "Flexible integration" is the idea that some Member States could pursue further integration in areas even if others choose not to.
True
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Which of the following does the Lisbon Treaty remove?
Three pillar structure
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True or false: The investiture of the Barroso Commission provides an example of the increasing influence of the European Parliament (EP).
True
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What is the acquis communautaire?
The body of the EC laws
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Which country was a vocal critic of US action in Iraq?
France
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In what ways did plans for monetary union reflect German preferences?
convergence criteria; location of the central bank; name of the currency
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In the mid 1990s, which Member State was a strong supporter of eastward enlargement?
Germany
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Following difficulties ratifying the Lisbon Treaty, which of the following decisions emerged from the December 2008 European Council summit?
Plans to reduce the number of Commissioners were abandoned
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True or false: The Nice formula for qualified majority voting made small states better off.
Flase
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Which of the following policy and institutional reforms were not included in the Treaty on European Union?
Electing judges of the European Court of Judges
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What happened to Europe s Common Foreign and Security Policy in 1998 and 1999?
It underwent further integration
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In May 2010, the EU and which of the following organisations agreed financial assistance of 110 billion Euro over three years to support the struggling Greek economy?
International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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