The History of the EU

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Question 1

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What does the abbreviation EU mean?
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  • European University
  • European Unity
  • European Union
  • European Underground

Question 2

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Among the “pioneers” who dreamt about the creation of the European Union we live in today were
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  • Jean Monnet
  • Robert Schuman
  • Konrad Adenauer
  • all of them

Question 3

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A starting point was the European Coal and Steel Community. Which country was NOT among the founding members?
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  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Spain

Question 4

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A big step was the founding of the EEC – European Economic Community – or Common Market. It was created in 1957 by signing the Treaty of
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  • Rome
  • Paris
  • Bonn
  • Brussels

Question 5

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The first enlargement in 1973 saw new members:
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  • Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom
  • Denmark, Iceland and the United Kingdom
  • Ireland, the United Kingdom and Greece
  • the United Kingdom, Greenland and Iceland

Question 6

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When could all European citizens elect their representatives in the European parliament directly for the first time? In
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  • 1959
  • 1969
  • 1979
  • 1989

Question 7

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By the Maastricht Treaty, signed on 7 February 1992,
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  • the European Union was founded.
  • an international cheese trading company was founded.
  • a new Belgian-Dutch soccer club was founded.
  • “Trick or Treat” was accepted as a Halloween tradition in Europe, too.

Question 8

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In 2002 the Euro became the means of payment
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  • in six member countries.
  • in 9 member countries.
  • in 12 member countries.
  • only in Scandinavian countries.

Question 9

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Two milestone years, in which the Treaty of Nice and the Treaty of Lisbon were signed and many new member countries joined the EU, were
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  • 1989 and 1991
  • 2000 and 2002
  • 2004 and 2007
  • 2015 and 2017

Question 10

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By the end of April 2019 the European Union consists of
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  • 25 member countries
  • 26 member countries
  • 27 member countries
  • 28 member countries
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