Deck 30: Europe in a Globalizing World

Question 1

Slobodan Milošević was removed from power by ______________.

A) UN forces
B) a Serbian popular revolt
C) a democratic referendum
D) assassination at the hands of a Muslim radical
E) pressure from international economic sanctions against Serbia

Answer 1

a Serbian popular revolt

Question 2

What was the biggest problem for Romania's transition from Ceauşescu's government?

A) Iliescu's reluctance to completely end communism
B) Reliance on foreign investment to spur economic growth
C) Corruption and lack of complete privatization
D) A lack of industrial development under the specialized economic programs of the Cold War
E) The rise of pro-fascist factions within the government prevented stability

Answer 2

Corruption and lack of complete privatization

Question 3

The most significant financial challenge to Russia occurred when ______________.

A) the oligarchy took national funds for its own use and the infrastructure collapsed
B) the state could not pay the workers for months at a time
C) the stock market collapsed
D) the IMF demanded a repayment of all its loans
E) Ukraine seized control of the gas and oil industry

Answer 3

the stock market collapsed

Question 4

One of the most important developments of the post-cold war period was ______________.

A) the success of the SALT II negotiations
B) the peaceful transition of the Soviet Union to Russia
C) providing the UN Security Council with free rein to command military intervention
D) passage of the NAFTA accords to promote free trade on an international scale
E) the cooperation of the United States and Russia on building a space station

Question 5

The civil war in Yugoslavia was between ______________.

A) Bosnia and Herzegovina
B) Albania and Greece
C) Slovenia and Bosnia
D) Serbia and Croatia
E) Bosnia and Serbia

Question 6

Why did Croatia have more problems than Slovenia in making the economic transformation?

A) The government was seen as too liberal in its reform package.
B) Croatia refused to embrace democracy.
C) It was slow to participate in a free-market economy.
D) It remained primarily agricultural because it had little industrial capital.
E) It remained occupied by UN troops.

Question 7

A large and bloody ethnic war occurred in ______________.

A) Czechoslovakia
B) Romania
C) Russia
D) Yugoslavia
E) Greece

Question 8

The Visegrád Four included the participation of all of the following nations in democratic reforms except ______________.

A) the Czech Republic
B) Slovakia
C) Hungary
D) Poland
E) Slovenia

Question 9

How did Poland make a smoother economic transition than most of the other eastern bloc countries?

A) Lech Walęsa had set the fundamentals for a well-developed economy.
B) The Catholic church urged cooperation of all forces in maintaining calmness.
C) It proceeded quickly through privatization.
D) It deregulated industries and companies in the transfer of power.
E) Poland was never on a command economy.

Question 10

Why did Bulgaria's economic transformation fare better than Romania's?

A) They had no significant issues with nationalism.
B) There was less invasion of organized crime.
C) There was a better tourism industry.
D) The Muslim minority received very little support from the government.
E) All of these.

Question 11

Why was the breakup of Yugoslavia so different from that of Czechoslovakia?

A) There was no forced compounding of territories.
B) There were no religious differences.
C) They were the same ethnicity.
D) Czechoslovakian leaders refused to use violence.
E) The independence movement was mediated by the United Nations.

Question 12

After the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian economy underwent what transformation?

A) Nationalization
B) Transfer of government owned industries to IPOs
C) A political coup against a free market economy
D) Privatization
E) Liquidation

Question 13

Václav Havel oversaw the peaceful dismantling of which former Communist territory?

A) Romania
B) Czechoslovakia
C) Vojvodina
D) Armenia
E) None of these.

Question 14

The Kosovo War was begun by Milošević against what ethnic group?

A) Albanian Muslims
B) Croatian Muslims
C) Croatian Christians
D) Macedonian minorities
E) None of these.

Question 15

The Dayton Accords were problematic because ______________.

A) the land apportionment was done without considering the religious practices of the inhabitants
B) they recognized the independent states of Croatia and Serbia
C) they relied on Serbians for regulating withdrawal from Kosovo
D) they implicitly endorsed the right of the Serbian government to fight future independence movements
E) Slobodan Milošević had no intention of complying with any negotiated terms

Question 16

At the end of the NATO air strikes against Serbs in Kosovo, ______________.

A) the number of Albanian refugees was more than 1 million
B) Slobodan Milošević claimed victory
C) the Chinese Embassy and hospitals had been destroyed
D) Milošević managed to unify support from Serbia
E) All of these were true.

Question 17

Where did Yeltsin face his greatest military challenges?

A) Chechnya
B) Uzbekistan
C) Azerbaijan
D) Ukraine
E) Estonia

Question 18

Who bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade?

A) Serbians
B) Albanians
C) French
D) Americans
E) Russians

Question 19

The war in the Balkans saw all of the following except ______________.

A) ethnic cleansing
B) the systematic policies of raping Muslim women
C) the first UN air strike
D) mass extermination of Muslims
E) peaceful accord with the Geneva Conventions

Question 20

The new president of Russia in 1991 was ______________.

A) Boris Yeltsin
B) Vladimir Putin
C) Edvard Sheverednaze
D) Vladimir Zhironovsky
E) Leonid Kuchma

Question 21

One of the most important features of the European Union was ______________.

A) the elimination of the guest worker program
B) unrestricted travel throughout Europe for citizens
C) abolition of tariffs between EU nations
D) the introduction of the Euro as a common monetary unit
E) None of these.

Question 22

The Partnerships for Peace project was designed to do what?

A) Oversee integration of Turkey into the EU.
B) Supervise political enforcement of the human rights initiatives in Bosnia.
C) Initiate a grassroots campaign for ending terrorism with Muslim extremists in Western Europe.
D) Expand the Schengren Agreement amnesty program.
E) Extend NATO into eastern Europe to assist postcommunist countries.

Question 23

One of the significant test cases regarding enlargement of the EU membership has regarded the incorporation of which country as an "unfortunate precedent"?

A) Greece
B) Denmark
C) Latvia
D) Cyprus
E) Portugal

Question 24

To create an effective EU, the member nations had to achieve ______________.

A) an economic confederation with free trade
B) a single market economy
C) a competitive infrastructure to foster growth
D) an agreement to maintain regional specializations under a centrally controlled economy
E) removal of all impediments to international employment

Question 25

The turn to leftist politics in the 1990s was most apparent in which country?

A) Britain
B) Russia
C) Italy
D) Netherlands
E) France

Question 26

Since 1993, the legislative body in the EU has been the ______________.

A) European Commission
B) Council of Ministers
C) European Parliament
D) International Convention in the Hague
E) World Court in the Netherlands

Question 27

The European Commission in 1985 was headed by ______________.

A) Jacques Chirac
B) John Major
C) François Mitterand
D) Jacques Delors
E) Jose Bove

Question 28

The Spanish centrist party lost to the leftists because of its unpopular participation in which of the following events?

A) Basque separatism
B) The Iraq War
C) The Olympics in Barcelona
D) Kosovo War
E) None of these.

Question 29

The European nation that was most reluctant to embrace European economic integration was ______________.

A) Ireland
B) Belgium
C) Britain
D) Germany
E) France

Question 30

Recep Erdoğan led what country to a more religious and authoritarian orientation?

A) Serbia
B) Chechnya
C) Turkey
D) Egypt
E) Syria

Question 31

Who was the leader of the Rally for the Republic party in France?

A) Nicholas Sarkozy
B) François Mitterand
C) Jacques Chirac
D) Alain Ducasse
E) George Valentine

Question 32

Putin has shown support to ______________.

A) Edward Snowden
B) Recep Erdoğan
C) Victor Orbán
D) Bashar al-Assad
E) All of these.

Question 33

Who represented an ultraright nationalist party in Europe?

A) Sylvio Berlusconi
B) Marine LePen
C) Francois Hollande
D) Nicholas Sarkozy
E) Tony Blair

Question 34

The Maastricht treaty was ______________.

A) the incorporation of non-European Community members into the European Free Trade Association
B) the formal recognition of the EU
C) the extradition treaty that tried Slobodan Milošević for crimes against humanity
D) the UN-arbitrated peace accord among the nations of the former Yugoslavia
E) a Dutch agreement on shared technology among the EU members

Question 35

The primary supporter of globalization has been ______________.

A) the EU
B) the United States
C) the World Trade Organization
D) China
E) Argentina

Question 36

What do objectors say are the major problems with globalization?

A) Lack of human rights
B) Exploitation of workers
C) Destruction of the environment
D) Lack of child labor laws
E) All of these.

Question 37

The Schengen space referred to ______________.

A) the demilitarized zones of Yugoslavian states
B) the unrestricted air space for pan-European travel
C) the majority of states in the EU that did not require passports or visas
D) nonmembers of the EU who needed political permission to obtain guest worker permits
E) None of these.

Question 38

Which was the first country in the EU to suffer during the late 2000s economic collapse?

A) Greece
B) Portugal
C) Spain
D) Iceland
E) Ireland

Question 39

What became the basis of the EU constitution in 2007?

A) The G12 Accords
B) The Lisbon Treaty
C) The Maastricht Treaty
D) The Schengren Accord
E) The Helsinki Final Act

Question 40

Which is not true of Angela Merkel?

A) She was born in West Germany.
B) She was elected to parliament in East Germany's first free elections.
C) She is a mother.
D) She was one of the main architects of the Treaty of Lisbon.
E) She was the first woman to be elected Chancellor of Germany.

Question 41

Evaluate Boris Yeltsin's leadership in the years immediately following the fall of Communism.

Question 42

Who signed the Paris Agreement in November 2016?

A) The United States
B) China
C) the European Union
D) 132 members of the global community
E) All of these.

Question 43

Where did the policy of ethnic cleansing in the former Yugolav nations originate?

Question 44

The War on Terrorism was declared by President ______________.

A) Bill Clinton
B) George H.W. Bush
C) George W. Bush
D) Barack Obama
E) Donald Trump

Question 45

Evaluate the political trends in postcommunist eastern Europe.

Question 46

Why is the admission of Turkey into the EU problematic for some?

Question 47

How did the Internet revolutionize communications at the end of the twentieth century?

Question 48

The area of the world that has seen the greatest increase in the spread of AIDS is ______________.

A) India
B) Indonesia
C) China
D) Africa
E) the United States

Question 49

How have concerns about the environment been raised in globalized political entities and in international diplomatic debates?

Question 50

What is the impact and importance of the Lisbon Treaty?

Question 51

The first woman to lead the IMF was ______________.

A) Angela Merkel
B) Christine Lagarde
C) Condolezza Rice
D) Marine le Pen
E) Hilary Clinton

Question 52

Supporters of the Iraq War, along with the United States, included all of the following except ______________.

A) Britain
B) the Netherlands
C) France
D) Spain
E) Italy

Question 53

Muslim populations have grown in ______________.

A) Denmark
B) Spain
C) France
D) Britain
E) All of these.

Question 54

OPEC is an international organization that oversees ______.

A) the oil industry
B) internet regulation
C) telecommunications
D) the World Bank
E) None of these.

Question 55

The headscarves that all observant Muslim girls must wear were banned in ______________.

A) Britain
B) Germany
C) Holland
D) Denmark
E) France

Question 56

Why have Romania and Bulgaria experienced the least success of all the eastern European states in adapting to the postcommunist political world?

Question 57

Compare and contrast Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia's transition to a market economy. What factors affected the ease or difficulty of this transition?

Question 58

What was the objective of the Paris Agreement?

A) To maintain regulation of trade and thus prevent exploitation of workers in international corporations
B) To open the European Union to former Soviet States
C) To limit the power of the WTO in EU affairs
D) To reduce greenhouse gas emissions
E) To prevent North Korea from having access to nuclear technology

Question 59

Discuss the life and achievements of Angela Merkel.

Question 60

What terrorist group seized significant parts of Iraq and Syria between 2014 and 2017?

A) ISIS
B) al-Qaeda
C) UTIS
D) the PLO
E) None of these.

Question 61

How is the Schengen Agreement different than the earlier forms of cooperation in the EEC, and from the Maastricht Treaty?

Question 62

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
International Monetary Fund

Question 63

Estonians had less tolerance of ethnic Russians than Latvia.

Question 64

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
Chechnya

Question 65

At the end of the war, Albanians were excluded from the Serbian government.

Question 66

Boris Yeltsin oversaw the end of the Soviet Union (USSR).

Question 67

In 2017, more than 500,000 Romanians peacefully took to the streets to protest corruption.

Question 68

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
Vladimir Putin

Question 69

Silvio Berlusconi's politics focused on defeating communists and improving business conditions in Italy.

Question 70

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
World Bank

Question 71

Croatia and Bosnia were the two originators of the Balkan War and ethnic cleansing.

Question 72

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
Lisbon Treaty

Question 73

The most intense site of conflict since 1991 has been in Africa.

Question 74

What events led to the failure of the Oslo Agreements which established Palestinian lands within Israel?

Question 75

The failure of the Lisbon Treaty meant a delay in establishing a constitution for the EU.

Question 76

Countries of the Common Market have abided by GATT.

Question 77

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
Council of Ministers

Question 78

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
Maastricht treaty

Question 79

The United States signed the Paris Agreement, agreeing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Question 80

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
Privatization