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DSST Europe After 1945
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1. 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.
Charles De Gaulle
Soviet War in Afghanistan
Konrad Adenauer
Berlin Airlifts
2. 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.
Francois Mitterand
Community Law
Nuremburg Trials
Court of Justice
3. 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
Carnation Revolution
Soviet Union
Korean War
4. 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.
Josef Stalin
Francisco Franco
European Union
European Defense Community
5. 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.
Konrad Adenauer
Margaret Thatcher
Prague Spring
European Defense Community
6. French General who founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969.
Korean War
Josip Broz Tito
Charles De Gaulle
East Germany
7. 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.
East Germany
Vaclav Havel
Prague Spring
Tony Blair
8. From 1979 to 1989. Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan after a long dAtente - turning it into a Soviet version of Vietnam.
Charles De Gaulle
Soviet War in Afghanistan
European Parliament
Ostpolitik
9. 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.
Perestroika
Suez Crisis
Community Law
Community Law
10. 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.
ikhail Gorbachev
Copenhagen Criteria
Tony Blair
Council of the European Union
11. British prime minister since 1997 and architect of 'New Labour'. Favored low taxes - tightly controlled social spending - and closer ties to Europe.
Treaty of Paris (1951)
Copenhagen Criteria
Tony Blair
Josef Stalin
12. Territory encompassing the twelve European Union states that have adopted the euro as their common currency.
Eurozone
Josef Stalin
Maastricht Treaty (1993)
Berlin Wall
13. 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.
West Germany
Margaret Thatcher
Treaty of Rome (1957)
Suez Crisis
14. French General who founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969.
Warsaw Pact (1945)
Warsaw Pact (1945)
Tony Blair
Charles De Gaulle
15. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
European Union
European Central Bank
Francois Mitterand
Soviet War in Afghanistan
16. 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
Prague Spring
Berlin Airlifts
Perestroika
Chernobyl Accident
17. 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
Konrad Adenauer
Single European Act (1987)
Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
Juan Carlos I
18. 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.
Bosnian War
Single European Act (1987)
Francois Mitterand
Court of Auditors
19. 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.
Tony Blair
Carnation Revolution
Soviet War in Afghanistan
ikhail Gorbachev
20. 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.
East Germany
Community Law
Francisco Franco
European Central Bank
21. 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.
Treaty of Paris (1951)
Soviet War in Afghanistan
Berlin Airlifts
Chernobyl Accident
22. 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.
Eurozone
Korean War
Berlin Wall
Charles De Gaulle
23. Willy Brandt's policy of 'opening toward the east' that increased relations between West and East Germany in 1972.
Treaty of Paris (1951)
Maastricht Treaty (1993)
European Defense Community
Ostpolitik
24. Spanish general whose armies took control of Spain in 1939 - and who ruled as a Fascist dictator until his death (1892-1975).
Francisco Franco
Josip Broz Tito
Nikita Khrushchev
NATO
25. 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.
Maastricht Treaty (1993)
NATO
Margaret Thatcher
Suez Crisis
26. A terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party.
Korean War
NATO
ETA
Treaty of Paris (1951)
27. 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.
ETA
Francisco Franco
East Germany
Josip Broz Tito
28. 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.
Francisco Franco
Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
European Commission
Maastricht Treaty (1993)
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.
Treaty of Paris (1951)
Tony Blair
Council of the European Union
Warsaw Pact (1945)
30. Conflict between France and Algeria involving separation and decolonization. The civil war led to Frances' Fifth Republic and Algeria's independence. (1954-62)
European Commission
Berlin Airlifts
Perestroika
Algerian War
31. '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 Commission
Nuremburg Trials
Perestroika
Nikita Khrushchev
32. 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.
Berlin Wall
West Germany
European Parliament
Margaret Thatcher
33. 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
Algerian War
Vaclav Havel
Prague Spring
Perestroika
34. Soviet policy of 'Openness' to the free flow of ideas and information; introduced in 1985 by Mikhail Gorbachev.
European Central Bank
Glastnost
European Central Bank
West Germany
35. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
Berlin Wall
European Union
Josef Stalin
Perestroika
36. Territory encompassing the twelve European Union states that have adopted the euro as their common currency.
Eurozone
Suez Crisis
European Central Bank
Bosnian War
37. 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.
Ostpolitik
Soviet War in Afghanistan
West Germany
Court of Auditors
38. 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.
Eurozone
Algerian War
Treaty of Rome (1957)
European Union
39. '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.
Perestroika
Council of the European Union
Bosnian War
Josip Broz Tito
40. King of Spain from 1975 to the present - he helped Spain transition from a dictatorship under Franco to a constitutional monarchy.
Nuremburg Trials
Chernobyl Accident
Juan Carlos I
Prague Spring
41. 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.
Juan Carlos I
Korean War
Chernobyl Accident
Treaty of Paris (1951)
42. 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
ikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Perestroika
Chernobyl Accident
43. An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security - primarily against the Soviet Union.
ikhail Gorbachev
Francois Mitterand
NATO
Court of Justice
44. 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
ikhail Gorbachev
Bosnian War
Community Law
45. 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)
Soviet Union
Francisco Franco
Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
46. 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.
Juan Carlos I
Margaret Thatcher
Vaclav Havel
Treaty of Paris (1951)
47. 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.
Tony Blair
Josef Stalin
Soviet War in Afghanistan
Bosnian War
48. 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.
Prague Spring
Berlin Airlifts
European Parliament
Soviet Union
49. A terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party.
East Germany
Glastnost
Treaty of Paris (1951)
ETA
50. 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 Rome (1957)
Berlin Wall
Josef Stalin
Court of Justice