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DSST Europe After 1945
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1. 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)
Josef Stalin
European Defense Community
Soviet War in Afghanistan
2. 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.
Soviet War in Afghanistan
Warsaw Pact (1945)
Vaclav Havel
Perestroika
3. 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
Perestroika
Margaret Thatcher
Tony Blair
Prague Spring
4. King of Spain from 1975 to the present - he helped Spain transition from a dictatorship under Franco to a constitutional monarchy.
Juan Carlos I
Treaty of Rome (1957)
Soviet War in Afghanistan
Suez Crisis
5. 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.
Francisco Franco
ikhail Gorbachev
Berlin Airlifts
Carnation Revolution
6. '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.
Warsaw Pact (1945)
Single European Act (1987)
23-F
Perestroika
7. 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
Single European Act (1987)
Maastricht Treaty (1993)
Berlin Airlifts
Francisco Franco
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.
Prague Spring
Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
Nikita Khrushchev
Council of the European Union
9. 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
Maastricht Treaty (1993)
Konrad Adenauer
European Union
Charles De Gaulle
10. A supranational institution comprised of one judge from each member state - This is the supreme appeals court for EU law.
Community Law
Perestroika
Nuremburg Trials
Court of Justice
11. 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
Margaret Thatcher
Algerian War
Berlin Airlifts
12. 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.
Korean War
Suez Crisis
Treaty of Rome (1957)
Single European Act (1987)
13. Conflict between France and Algeria involving separation and decolonization. The civil war led to Frances' Fifth Republic and Algeria's independence. (1954-62)
Council of the European Union
Ostpolitik
Algerian War
Carnation Revolution
14. 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.
Francois Mitterand
Berlin Wall
West Germany
European Central Bank
15. Willy Brandt's policy of 'opening toward the east' that increased relations between West and East Germany in 1972.
NATO
Ostpolitik
ikhail Gorbachev
Bosnian War
16. 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.
Josef Stalin
Soviet Union
23-F
West Germany
17. 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
Court of Justice
Charles De Gaulle
Bosnian War
18. 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.
23-F
Josef Stalin
Bosnian War
Francois Mitterand
19. 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.
Soviet Union
Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
Court of Auditors
Ostpolitik
20. Territory encompassing the twelve European Union states that have adopted the euro as their common currency.
European Parliament
Korean War
Suez Crisis
Eurozone
21. A body of treaties - law and court judgments which operates alongside the legal systems of the European Union's member states.
Single European Act (1987)
Community Law
Perestroika
Council of the European Union
22. 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.
Community Law
Treaty of Paris (1951)
23-F
ikhail Gorbachev
23. Treaty that formed an alliance of the Eastern European countries behind the Iron Curtain; USSR - Albania - Bulgaria - Czechoslovakia - East Germany - Hungary - Poland - and Romania.
Berlin Airlifts
Court of Auditors
Warsaw Pact (1945)
NATO
24. 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.
Chernobyl Accident
Nikita Khrushchev
Court of Auditors
Nuremburg Trials
25. Responsible for proposing - implementing - and monitoring compliance with EU legislation; run by a group of commissioners appointed by each member country.
European Commission
Court of Justice
Konrad Adenauer
Council of the 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.
East Germany
Algerian War
Josef Stalin
Prague Spring
27. 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.
Soviet War in Afghanistan
Korean War
Algerian War
Vaclav Havel
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.
Josip Broz Tito
Carnation Revolution
European Parliament
Treaty of Rome (1957)
29. 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.
Bosnian War
Korean War
Carnation Revolution
Margaret Thatcher
30. Soviet policy of 'Openness' to the free flow of ideas and information; introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev.
Margaret Thatcher
Juan Carlos I
Glastnost
Treaty of Paris (1951)
31. Eligibility rules for the European Union. Candidates must be secular - stable - and democratic - with respect for rule of law and civil rights.
23-F
Copenhagen Criteria
European Defense Community
Warsaw Pact (1945)
32. 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.
Nuremburg Trials
Bosnian War
East Germany
Konrad Adenauer
33. Territory encompassing the twelve European Union states that have adopted the euro as their common currency.
Eurozone
West Germany
Josef Stalin
Charles De Gaulle
34. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security - primarily against the Soviet Union.
Juan Carlos I
NATO
Berlin Airlifts
East Germany
35. 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.
Francisco Franco
Single European Act (1987)
Berlin Wall
Algerian War
36. 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.
NATO
Glastnost
Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
ikhail Gorbachev
37. 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.
Perestroika
Berlin Airlifts
European Union
Bosnian War
38. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
European Defense Community
Suez Crisis
Nuremburg Trials
European Union
39. 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.
Carnation Revolution
Josip Broz Tito
Vaclav Havel
Francois Mitterand
40. The banking institution whose governing council controls the money supply and sets short term interest rates for the EU.
Soviet Union
European Central Bank
ikhail Gorbachev
Charles De Gaulle
41. 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.
West Germany
Court of Auditors
Council of the European Union
European Defense Community
42. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
Glastnost
European Union
Prague Spring
ETA
43. Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 - and who ruled as a Fascist dictator until his death (1892-1975).
Treaty of Rome (1957)
Community Law
Francisco Franco
Konrad Adenauer
44. British prime minister since 1997 and architect of 'New Labour'. Favored low taxes - tightly controlled social spending - and closer ties to Europe.
Algerian War
Charles De Gaulle
Tony Blair
Suez Crisis
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.
Berlin Wall
Tony Blair
Glastnost
Eurozone
46. 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.
Prague Spring
European Parliament
Copenhagen Criteria
Nikita Khrushchev
47. 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.
Single European Act (1987)
Court of Auditors
European Union
Korean War
48. The banking institution whose governing council controls the money supply and sets short term interest rates for the EU.
Nuremburg Trials
European Central Bank
Algerian War
Bosnian War
49. 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.
ikhail Gorbachev
Nuremburg Trials
Suez Crisis
Perestroika
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.
European Commission
Court of Auditors
Margaret Thatcher
Community Law