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1The Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) was set up to distribute Marshal Plan aid.
A)True
B)False



2The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) consisted of the same 6 nations that later formed the European Economic Community.
A)True
B)False



3The EEC was established by the Treaty of Rome.
A)True
B)False



4The EU’s customs union was completed ahead of the schedule that was agreed for it in the Treaty of Rome.
A)True
B)False



5Britain’s application to the EEC triggered a domino effect in that Ireland, Denmark and Norway applied soon afterwards.
A)True
B)False



6Norway was scheduled to join the EU with Sweden, Finland and Austria in 1994, but its voters rejected membership.
A)True
B)False



7The EEC (as it was known at the time) nations were, on average, poorer than the EFTA nations but grew faster between 1950 and 1970.
A)True
B)False



8The Council of Europe is part of the European Union.
A)True
B)False



9List the 15 nations that were members of the European Union in 2003.



10List the 12 nations that joined in 2004 and 2006.



11In which years were British membership applications rejected by Charles de Gaulle?
A)1957 and 1963
B)1962 and 1969
C)1963 and 1967
D)1963 and 1969
E)1965 and 1969



12In which year was the Treaty of Rome signed (not entered into force)?
A)1957
B)1962
C)1963
D)1967
E)1969



13In which year was the Single European Act signed (not entered into force)?
A)1969
B)1973
C)1982
D)1986
E)1992



14In which year was the Maastricht Treaty signed (not entered into force)?
A)1982
B)1986
C)1987
D)1989
E)1992



15In which year was the Amsterdam Treaty signed (not entered into force)?
A)1992
B)1997
C)1999
D)2000
E)2002



16In which year was the Nice Treaty signed (not entered into force)?
A)1992
B)1997
C)1999
D)2000
E)2002



17In which year was the Lisbon Treaty signed (not entered into force)?
A)2003
B)2004
C)2005
D)2006
E)2007



18The euro was formally adopted in ____, but national bills and coins were replaced only in ____.
A)1998, 2000
B)1999, 2000
C)1999, 2001
D)2000, 2002
E)2001, 2002



19The path that led to adoption of the euro was set down in the _______.
A)Treaty of Rome
B)Single European Act
C)Maastricht Treaty
D)Amsterdam Treaty
E)Nice Treaty



20The division of Germany into East and West Germany ended in ____.
A)1986
B)1987
C)1988
D)1989
E)1990



21In the Treaty of Rome, EEC members only agreed to set up a Customs Union.; the so-called 1992 programme in the Single European Act instituted the principles of free mobility of labour, capital and services
A)True
B)False



22The countries that joined the EU in 1994 were , and .



23The main goal of the Single European Act was to :



24The Lisbon Treaty (European Treaty of Reform was rejected by ____ in ____
A)Finland, 2008
B)France, 2007
C)United Kingdom, 2008
D)Ireland, 2007
E)Spain, 2007



25The Copenhagen criteria:
A)are the rules that define whether Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) are eligible to join the European Union.
B)define new voting rules to be implemented after the membership of CEECs in 2004.
C)define the main steps of the elaboration of the Constitutional Treaty.
D)are the rules that define whether CEECs are eligible to join the Euro zone.







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