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DSST Europe After 1945
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1. 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.
Algerian War
West Germany
European Union
Soviet War in Afghanistan
2. 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 Commission
European Parliament
Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
Soviet Union
3. 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
European Union
Korean War
Single European Act (1987)
Tony Blair
4. Willy Brandt's policy of 'opening toward the east' that increased relations between West and East Germany in 1972.
Single European Act (1987)
ikhail Gorbachev
Ostpolitik
Court of Justice
5. British prime minister since 1997 and architect of 'New Labour'. Favored low taxes - tightly controlled social spending - and closer ties to Europe.
Soviet Union
Charles De Gaulle
NATO
Tony Blair
6. 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.
Court of Auditors
Charles De Gaulle
ikhail Gorbachev
European Central Bank
7. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security - primarily against the Soviet Union.
Margaret Thatcher
Berlin Wall
NATO
Vaclav Havel
8. 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.
West Germany
Berlin Wall
Margaret Thatcher
East Germany
9. From 1979 to 1989. Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan after a long dAtente - turning it into a Soviet version of Vietnam.
Soviet War in Afghanistan
West Germany
Prague Spring
Francisco Franco
10. 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
Warsaw Pact (1945)
Council of the European Union
Chernobyl Accident
Francois Mitterand
11. 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.
Margaret Thatcher
Juan Carlos I
Berlin Wall
Chernobyl Accident
12. 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.
Council of the European Union
Court of Auditors
Berlin Airlifts
Single European Act (1987)
13. A supranational institution comprised of one judge from each member state - This is the supreme appeals court for EU law.
European Commission
Josef Stalin
Court of Justice
Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
14. A terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party.
European Parliament
ETA
Single European Act (1987)
Berlin Airlifts
15. Responsible for proposing - implementing - and monitoring compliance with EU legislation; run by a group of commissioners appointed by each member country.
European Central Bank
Carnation Revolution
European Commission
ikhail Gorbachev
16. 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.
Council of the European Union
Francisco Franco
Josip Broz Tito
Court of Auditors
17. French General who founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969.
Charles De Gaulle
Nikita Khrushchev
Juan Carlos I
Soviet Union
18. Territory encompassing the twelve European Union states that have adopted the euro as their common currency.
Konrad Adenauer
East Germany
Maastricht Treaty (1993)
Eurozone
19. 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.
Soviet Union
ikhail Gorbachev
Korean War
Chernobyl Accident
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.
Francisco Franco
Josef Stalin
Carnation Revolution
Francois Mitterand
21. A body of treaties - law and court judgments which operates alongside the legal systems of the European Union's member states.
European Commission
Community Law
Korean War
Prague Spring
22. 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.
Vaclav Havel
East Germany
Single European Act (1987)
Francisco Franco
23. 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.
Konrad Adenauer
Treaty of Paris (1951)
Soviet War in Afghanistan
Berlin Wall
24. Eligibility rules for the European Union. Candidates must be secular - stable - and democratic - with respect for rule of law and civil rights.
Soviet Union
Single European Act (1987)
Warsaw Pact (1945)
Copenhagen Criteria
25. 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.
Berlin Airlifts
Council of the European Union
Carnation Revolution
Carnation Revolution
26. 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.
Korean War
Konrad Adenauer
East Germany
Suez Crisis
27. '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 Central Bank
ETA
Perestroika
Maastricht Treaty (1993)
28. 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
Margaret Thatcher
European Commission
Francisco Franco
Maastricht Treaty (1993)
29. 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)
Josip Broz Tito
Community Law
Tony Blair
30. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
Bosnian War
Warsaw Pact (1945)
Maastricht Treaty (1993)
European Union
31. Conflict between France and Algeria involving separation and decolonization. The civil war led to Frances' Fifth Republic and Algeria's independence. (1954-62)
Konrad Adenauer
Francisco Franco
Algerian War
Vaclav Havel
32. Eligibility rules for the European Union. Candidates must be secular - stable - and democratic - with respect for rule of law and civil rights.
Glastnost
Copenhagen Criteria
ikhail Gorbachev
ETA
33. 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.
ikhail Gorbachev
European Union
23-F
Konrad Adenauer
34. 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.
Francisco Franco
Nikita Khrushchev
Carnation Revolution
European Defense Community
35. Treaty that formed an alliance of the Eastern European countries behind the Iron Curtain; USSR - Albania - Bulgaria - Czechoslovakia - East Germany - Hungary - Poland - and Romania.
Copenhagen Criteria
European Central Bank
Warsaw Pact (1945)
Bosnian War
36. 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.
Francisco Franco
Carnation Revolution
East Germany
West Germany
37. 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.
Court of Justice
Single European Act (1987)
Council of the European Union
Treaty of Rome (1957)
38. Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 - and who ruled as a Fascist dictator until his death (1892-1975).
Korean War
Francisco Franco
Tony Blair
Francois Mitterand
39. The banking institution whose governing council controls the money supply and sets short term interest rates for the EU.
Council of the European Union
Ostpolitik
Eurozone
European Central Bank
40. 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.
European Commission
Carnation Revolution
Soviet Union
European Central Bank
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.
Soviet Union
European Defense Community
European Parliament
ikhail Gorbachev
42. 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.
Glastnost
Nikita Khrushchev
Nuremburg Trials
East Germany
43. 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
Suez Crisis
23-F
Treaty of Paris (1951)
Single European Act (1987)
44. Treaty that formed an alliance of the Eastern European countries behind the Iron Curtain; USSR - Albania - Bulgaria - Czechoslovakia - East Germany - Hungary - Poland - and Romania.
ETA
Berlin Wall
Court of Justice
Warsaw Pact (1945)
45. 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
Treaty of Paris (1951)
Community Law
Nikita Khrushchev
Chernobyl Accident
46. 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.
Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
Charles De Gaulle
Berlin Wall
Algerian War
47. 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
Court of Justice
Bosnian War
23-F
Berlin Wall
48. 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.
Treaty of Rome (1957)
Nikita Khrushchev
23-F
NATO
49. 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
NATO
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
50. 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
Korean War
Copenhagen Criteria
Maastricht Treaty (1993)
Margaret Thatcher