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DSST Europe After 1945
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1. A 1986 accident at a nuclear power plant which released large amounts of radiation; it not only affected the immediate area (Ukraine) - but spread to most of Europe. The Soviet Union promptly attempted to cover it up - inadvertently revealing many of
Council of the European Union
Chernobyl Accident
Eurozone
Court of Auditors
2. Responsible for proposing - implementing - and monitoring compliance with EU legislation; run by a group of commissioners appointed by each member country.
Chernobyl Accident
Soviet Union
European Commission
Suez Crisis
3. July 26 - 1956 - Egyptian President Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal. British - French and Israeli forces attacked Egypt - but were held back until the UN forced a withdrawal.
Juan Carlos I
Suez Crisis
Chernobyl Accident
Algerian War
4. From 1992 to 1995 - the Serbs - Croats and Muslims of Bosnia fought a bloody three-way civil war. The EU was too conflicted to respond until 1995 - until the UN and NATO - fronted by the US - intervened and ended it.
Suez Crisis
Bosnian War
European Commission
ETA
5. French General who founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969.
European Central Bank
Josip Broz Tito
Charles De Gaulle
Vaclav Havel
6. A failed 1981 coup d'etat in which Antonio Tejero and other military officers took the Spanish Congress of Deputies hostage - and demanded the King install a military government. Juan Carlos I instead stood by the new constitution - and the next day
23-F
West Germany
Treaty of Paris (1951)
Berlin Wall
7. French General who founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969.
European Defense Community
Charles De Gaulle
Carnation Revolution
Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
8. An institution made up of 732 members directly elected by member states' populations - it serves as a consultative body to debate and propose amendments to the legislation forwarded from the council.
European Parliament
Josip Broz Tito
Juan Carlos I
Margaret Thatcher
9. A terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party.
Perestroika
Josip Broz Tito
European Parliament
ETA
10. Eligibility rules for the European Union. Candidates must be secular - stable - and democratic - with respect for rule of law and civil rights.
Council of the European Union
Court of Auditors
Copenhagen Criteria
Chernobyl Accident
11. A Socialist - He was elected president of France in 1981 - and enacted many liberal measures to reduce inflation and aid workers but could not correct France's economic problems and lost power in 1993.
Ostpolitik
Francois Mitterand
Juan Carlos I
Court of Justice
12. In 1968 - Czechoslovakia - under Alexander Dubcek - began a program of reform. Dubcek promised civil liberties - democratic political reforms - and a more independent political system. The Soviet Union invaded the country and put down the short-lived
Copenhagen Criteria
Prague Spring
Court of Justice
Maastricht Treaty (1993)
13. The ultimate decision-making body of the EU - it passes legislation from the commission into law and is comprised of one representative from each member state's government.
Council of the European Union
ETA
Court of Justice
Soviet War in Afghanistan
14. Joint effort by the US and Britian to fly food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviet blocked off all ground routes into the city from 1948 to 1949. It was successful.
Nikita Khrushchev
ikhail Gorbachev
Berlin Airlifts
Francois Mitterand
15. Pact which set up the EEC/European Economic Community/Common Market. Had same members as the ECSC but extended its provisions the other items of trade.
Treaty of Rome (1957)
Copenhagen Criteria
European Union
ikhail Gorbachev
16. Signed by six nations (France - West Germany - Italy - Belgium - Luxembourg - & the Netherlands) it formally created the European Coal & Steel Community - and eventually led to the creation of the European Union.
Berlin Airlifts
Treaty of Paris (1951)
Josip Broz Tito
Korean War
17. An empire in all but name established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine - Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991.
ikhail Gorbachev
Soviet Union
Perestroika
Carnation Revolution
18. The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea. This war prompted the US to suggest re-arming Germany - although the idea was rejected.
Korean War
Treaty of Paris (1951)
Charles De Gaulle
European Defense Community
19. This pact committed the EC countries to work toward establishment of a single market by Dec 31 1992. It emerged from frustration that the EC was not living up to its promise - and provided impetus for the restructuring of European industry - allowing
Francisco Franco
Soviet Union
Juan Carlos I
Single European Act (1987)
20. Leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin 1922-1953 - committed terrible atrocities but was a member of the Allies during the war. He introduced a highly-centralized economy based on Five-Year Plans.
Nuremburg Trials
Josef Stalin
ETA
23-F
21. 'Restructuring -' a policy initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev that involved restructuring of the social and economic status quo in communist Russia towards a market based economy and society.
Chernobyl Accident
23-F
Perestroika
Chernobyl Accident
22. A series of trials in 1945 conducted by an International Military Tribunal in which former Nazi leaders were charged with crimes against peace - crimes against humanity - and war crimes.
West Germany
Prague Spring
Bosnian War
Nuremburg Trials
23. Willy Brandt's policy of 'opening toward the east' that increased relations between West and East Germany in 1972.
23-F
Ostpolitik
European Parliament
Berlin Wall
24. King of Spain from 1975 to the present - he helped Spain transition from a dictatorship under Franco to a constitutional monarchy.
23-F
Berlin Airlifts
Juan Carlos I
Soviet War in Afghanistan
25. An empire in all but name established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine - Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991.
Soviet Union
ikhail Gorbachev
Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
European Union
26. Leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin 1922-1953 - committed terrible atrocities but was a member of the Allies during the war. He introduced a highly-centralized economy based on Five-Year Plans.
Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
Charles De Gaulle
Copenhagen Criteria
Josef Stalin
27. A body of treaties - law and court judgments which operates alongside the legal systems of the European Union's member states.
Eurozone
Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
Community Law
Juan Carlos I
28. 1952-54 - proposed by French President of the Council - Rene Plevin - in response to the US's call to rearm West Germany - as an alternative to WG accession to NATO - but it failed to ratify in French Parliament.
Nikita Khrushchev
European Defense Community
European Union
Josef Stalin
29. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
European Union
Perestroika
East Germany
Algerian War
30. 'Restructuring -' a policy initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev that involved restructuring of the social and economic status quo in communist Russia towards a market based economy and society.
European Parliament
Josef Stalin
Perestroika
Nikita Khrushchev
31. The leader of the Soviet Union following Stalin ruling from 1953-1964. He created the Cuban Missile Crisis - yet favored a peaceful co-existence with the West.
West Germany
Francisco Franco
Francois Mitterand
Nikita Khrushchev
32. A failed 1981 coup d'etat in which Antonio Tejero and other military officers took the Spanish Congress of Deputies hostage - and demanded the King install a military government. Juan Carlos I instead stood by the new constitution - and the next day
23-F
Francisco Franco
Konrad Adenauer
Bosnian War
33. The ultimate decision-making body of the EU - it passes legislation from the commission into law and is comprised of one representative from each member state's government.
Bosnian War
ETA
Council of the European Union
European Commission
34. A body of treaties - law and court judgments which operates alongside the legal systems of the European Union's member states.
Prague Spring
European Commission
Council of the European Union
Community Law
35. Soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and whose major reforms in domestic policy were the probable cause of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
West Germany
Maastricht Treaty (1993)
Bosnian War
ikhail Gorbachev
36. Chancellor of Germany in 1949; the former mayor of Cologne and a long-time anti-Nazi - who began his long - highly successful democratic rule; helped regain respect for Germany.
Algerian War
Treaty of Rome (1957)
Konrad Adenauer
Court of Auditors
37. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
European Union
European Commission
Carnation Revolution
Treaty of Paris (1951)
38. Soviet policy of 'Openness' to the free flow of ideas and information; introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev.
Glastnost
Tony Blair
NATO
Treaty of Paris (1951)
39. In 1961 - the Soviet Union built a high barrier to seal off their sector of Berlin in order to stop the flow of refugees out of the Soviet zone of Germany. The wall was torn down in 1989.
Berlin Wall
West Germany
Single European Act (1987)
Warsaw Pact (1945)
40. From 1979 to 1989. Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan after a long dAtente - turning it into a Soviet version of Vietnam.
Soviet War in Afghanistan
Treaty of Rome (1957)
Prague Spring
European Parliament
41. A treaty which amended the Maastricht and Rome treaties - increasing the role of the European Parliament - President of the European Council and the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Korean War
Bosnian War
Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
European Union
42. Left-leaning 1974 military coup in Portugal that effectively changed the Portuguese regime from an authoritarian dictatorship to a democracy - after two years of a transitional period known as PREC - which were characterized by social turmoil.
Korean War
European Central Bank
European Parliament
Carnation Revolution
43. From 1992 to 1995 - the Serbs - Croats and Muslims of Bosnia fought a bloody three-way civil war. The EU was too conflicted to respond until 1995 - until the UN and NATO - fronted by the US - intervened and ended it.
Glastnost
Konrad Adenauer
23-F
Bosnian War
44. Territory encompassing the twelve European Union states that have adopted the euro as their common currency.
Eurozone
European Union
Berlin Airlifts
Algerian War
45. A terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party.
ETA
Maastricht Treaty (1993)
Korean War
Josef Stalin
46. In 1968 - Czechoslovakia - under Alexander Dubcek - began a program of reform. Dubcek promised civil liberties - democratic political reforms - and a more independent political system. The Soviet Union invaded the country and put down the short-lived
European Parliament
East Germany
European Commission
Prague Spring
47. This pact committed the EC countries to work toward establishment of a single market by Dec 31 1992. It emerged from frustration that the EC was not living up to its promise - and provided impetus for the restructuring of European industry - allowing
Treaty of Paris (1951)
Single European Act (1987)
Ostpolitik
Glastnost
48. This man was the Yugoslavian Premier from 1945 to 1953 - and President from 1953 to 1980. He was a member of the Russian Bolshevik party around the time of WWI - but later created a unified socialist Yugoslavia separate from the Soviet Union.
Juan Carlos I
ikhail Gorbachev
Josip Broz Tito
East Germany
49. Czech playwright that called for the independence of Czechoslovakia by 1989; became the first President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic in 1993.
Court of Auditors
Vaclav Havel
Copenhagen Criteria
East Germany
50. An oversight institution within the EU. It is staffed by one individual from each member-country and monitors the implementation of EU budgets and policies.
Court of Auditors
Warsaw Pact (1945)
Josef Stalin
ETA