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DSST Europe After 1945

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1. 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.






2. 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






3. A terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party.






4. Soviet policy of 'Openness' to the free flow of ideas and information; introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev.






5. 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.






6. 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






7. Conflict between France and Algeria involving separation and decolonization. The civil war led to Frances' Fifth Republic and Algeria's independence. (1954-62)






8. 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.






9. 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.






10. Territory encompassing the twelve European Union states that have adopted the euro as their common currency.






11. Responsible for proposing - implementing - and monitoring compliance with EU legislation; run by a group of commissioners appointed by each member country.






12. 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.






13. Soviet policy of 'Openness' to the free flow of ideas and information; introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev.






14. Eligibility rules for the European Union. Candidates must be secular - stable - and democratic - with respect for rule of law and civil rights.






15. 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.






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. Conservative British prime minister from 1970 to 1991; held that office longer than any other person; worked to cut welfare and housing expenses and promote free enterprise.






19. Officially created the European Union. Led to the creation of a single European currency - the Euro - and allowed for closer political cooperation by giving the EU a unified voice. This treaty also strengthened the role of the European Parliament and






20. A body of treaties - law and court judgments which operates alongside the legal systems of the European Union's member states.






21. Willy Brandt's policy of 'opening toward the east' that increased relations between West and East Germany in 1972.






22. A terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party.






23. From 1979 to 1989. Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan after a long dAtente - turning it into a Soviet version of Vietnam.






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. British prime minister since 1997 and architect of 'New Labour'. Favored low taxes - tightly controlled social spending - and closer ties to Europe.






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.






31. Officially created the European Union. Led to the creation of a single European currency - the Euro - and allowed for closer political cooperation by giving the EU a unified voice. This treaty also strengthened the role of the European Parliament and






32. 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






33. '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.






34. 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.






35. 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






36. 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






37. Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 - and who ruled as a Fascist dictator until his death (1892-1975).






38. 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.






39. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.






40. A communist nation in north central Europe on the Baltic Sea. Created from the Soviet occupation zone of Germany after World War II - dissolved in 1990.






41. 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.






42. Conflict between France and Algeria involving separation and decolonization. The civil war led to Frances' Fifth Republic and Algeria's independence. (1954-62)






43. French General who founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969.






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. A republic established in 1949 from the zones of Germany occupied by the British and French and Americans after the German defeat; reunified with East Germany in 1990.






47. 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






48. Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 - and who ruled as a Fascist dictator until his death (1892-1975).






49. 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.






50. 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.