Deck 1: Introduction: What Is Europe

Question 1

The process by which EU political and economic dynamics become part of the logic of national-level politics and policymaking is known as

A) Europeanization.
B) expansion of the EU.
C) supranationalism.
D) globalization.
E) coordination.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Multi-level governance suggests that

A) the EU is the most important actor in European politics.
B) power is territorially dispersed among international, national, and regional actors.
C) European countries are becoming more and more federal.
D) countries are taking powers away from the EU.
E) the EU is moving to become a single country.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

By conventional geographic definitions of Europe, which country is partly in Europe and partly in Asia?

A) Greece
B) Albania
C) Kazakhstan
D) Russia
E) Belarus

Answer 3

D

Question 4

According to the text, the Cold War

A) helped unify Europe.
B) was mostly about ideology.
C) split Europe into north/south divisions.
D) imposed communism on Western Europe.
E) brought democracy to Eastern Europe.

Question 5

Those who oppose Turkish membership in the EU do so because they often envision the EU as a(n)

A) universal, rights-based union.
B) cultural community.
C) an organization committed to "soft power."
D) inter-governmental organization.
E) organization committed to economic integration.

Question 6

Which country declined an invitation to join the EU?

A) Great Britain
B) Finland
C) Turkey
D) Russia
E) Norway

Question 7

All of the following are true EXCEPT

A) EU countries have more active-duty military personnel than the United States.
B) two EU countries possess nuclear weapons.
C) defense spending per person in the EU is lower than it is in Russia.
D) the United States spends about three times as much per person on defense than EU countries.
E) EU countries have more aircraft carriers than Russia and China combined.

Question 8

The EU tends to rely on

A) "hard power."
B) "soft power."
C) unilateralism.
D) economic coercion.
E) projection of military force.

Question 9

According to the text, liberalism

A) rejects the ideas of the Enlightenment.
B) favors more government powers.
C) favors limited government and individual rights.
D) rejects capitalism and democracy.
E) was espoused by Greek philosophers.

Question 10

The Enlightenment

A) began in the nineteenth century.
B) supplied many of the ideas for democracy and capitalism.
C) rejected the ideas of the French Revolution.
D) started in the United States and then spread to Europe.
E) signified a revival of religion.

Question 11

The European social model

A) emphasizes the role of the state in providing welfare for its citizens.
B) originated in Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
C) emphasizes limited government.
D) is a major component of EU integration.
E) is an example of multi-level governance.

Question 12

Euro-skeptics

A) reject democracy.
B) reject capitalism.
C) reject the European social model.
D) tend to oppose more European integration.
E) worry about globalization.

Question 13

One accomplishment of the EU is that

A) it has created a common European culture.
B) it has made war in Europe less likely.
C) it has joined together all the countries in Europe.
D) it has created a strong military force.
E) it spawned the Enlightenment.

Question 14

When the war with Iraq started in 2003, how many EU member-states contributed troops to the coalition led by the US?

A) None
B) Two
C) Five
D) Eight
E) 15

Question 15

Which countries did not send troops to Iraq?

A) Poland and Slovakia
B) Romania and Bulgaria
C) The Netherlands and Denmark
D) Italy and Spain
E) France and Germany

Question 16

One lesson from the Iraq War was that

A) Europe could be a leader in world affairs.
B) Europe has a common foreign policy.
C) European publics were reluctant to support the war.
D) European governments heeded public opinion.
E) the EU became a rival to NATO.

Question 17

An example of a social cleavage is

A) multi-level governance.
B) the EU.
C) globalization.
D) class.
E) nationalism.

Question 18

Study of social cleavages would examine

A) European integration.
B) divisions within a particular society.
C) multi-level governance.
D) the effects of Europeanization.
E) the welfare state.

Question 19

Jurgen Habermas suggests that the European model is superior to that of the U.S. model because

A) it is based on religion.
B) it embraces free markets.
C) it is based on ideas of community.
D) it stands up for national values.
E) it rejects notions of supranationalism.

Question 20

This chapter suggests

A) that Europe is headed toward becoming one country.
B) that the definition of "Europe" is hotly debated.
C) that conflict between the United States and Europe is increasingly likely.
D) that the EU has been a failure.
E) that Europe favors use of "hard" over "soft" power.

Question 21

The idea that Europe is a "construction" means

A) it has fixed borders.
B) its definition is contested by different actors
C) that the EU will gain more and more strength.
D) that Europe is defined in cultural terms.
E) it is being built into a single country.

Question 22

The euro is an example of Europeanization.

Question 23

Turkey has been ruled ineligible to join the EU because it is not part of Europe.

Question 24

The idea of Europe as a "problem-solving" entity took on more importance in the 2000s.

Question 25

The 2009 Lisbon Treaty makes no mention of democracy and freedom as important values.

Question 26

A rights-based rather than a culture-based understanding of the EU is more conducive to EU expansion.

Question 27

On a per person basis, the EU is wealthier than the United States.

Question 28

EU member states spend about a third as much on the military as the United States.

Question 29

Most EU member states sent no troops to support U.S. action in Iraq

Question 30

Euro-skeptics favor fewer powers for the EU and more powers for individual European countries.

Question 31

The European social model emphasizes individualism more than the U.S. social model.

Question 32

What is the difference between thinking of Europe as a cultural community and thinking of Europe as a rights-based community?

Question 33

Why has Europe chosen to emphasize "soft" instead of "hard" power?

Question 34

Compare/contrast the "European" and "American" social model. Which one strikes you as superior?

Question 35

Advocates of a more united Europe want to build a "European" identity. What, in your view, might this include? Do these attributes distinguish "Europe" from other parts of the world?

Question 36

What factors drive processes of Europeanization? Do you believe that these processes will gain or lose momentum in the future?