Multiple choice HISTORY

Question 1

1. Where was the treaty signed that created the European Economic Community - forerunner of the European Union? A) Westphalia B) Rome C) Brussels D) Versailles

Accepted Answer

B) Rome

Question 2

2. What event does the Europe Day, May 9, commemorate? A) The Schuman Declaration of 1950 B) Britain's entry into the European Economic Community in 1973 C) The signing of the Maastricht treaty in 1992 D) The introduction of the euro in 2001

Accepted Answer

A) The Schuman Declaration of 1950

Question 3

3. What was the stated aim of the European coal and steel community, the first attempt at integration? A) To pool raw materials so France and Germany could never again build large armies and go to war B) Providing the financial muscle to fund a higher standard of entries in the Eurovision song contest C) The creation of an economic superpower to rival the United States D) Vast economies of scale that would allow Europe to modernize itself cheaply

Accepted Answer

A) To pool raw materials so France and Germany could never again build large armies and go to war

Question 4

4. What is „subsidiarity"? A) The process by which wine in a once infamous lake turned to vinegar. B) Financial assistance given by one person or government to another. C) A company whose controlling interest is owned by another company. D) The principle of subsidiarity determines when the EU is competent to legislate, and contributes to decisions being taken as closely as possible to the citizen.

Accepted Answer

D) The principle of subsidiarity determines when the EU is competent to legislate, and contributes to decisions being taken as closely as possible to the citizen.

Question 5

5. How frequently does the rotating presidency of the EU change? A) Every five years B) Every year C) Every six months D) Every three weeks

Accepted Answer

C) Every six months

Question 6

6. Who or what is the Schengen of the 1985 Schengen Agreement? A) A small wine-making town in Luxembourg B) General de Gaulle's foreign secretary, who first proposed the creation of the group of states C) The Dutch diplomat who devised the Schengen state group D) A Belgian industrial city near the Dutch border

Accepted Answer

A) A small wine-making town in Luxembourg

Question 7

7. What was Robert Schuman, the foreign minister's nationality who put his name to Jean Monnet's plan for a European steal and coal community? A) Belgian B) German C) British D) French

Accepted Answer

D) French

Question 8

8. Which Allied war leader said in 1945 "we must build a kind of United States of Europe”? A) Harry Truman B) Joseph Stalin C) Winston Churchill D) Charles de Gaulle

Accepted Answer

C) Winston Churchill

Question 9

9. Why are there 12 stars on the European flag? A) Ourapanos, the mythical first European, has 12 sons B) The union is administered by 12 commissioners C) To represent 12 member states D) It is a number that represents perfection and completeness

Accepted Answer

D) It is a number that represents perfection and completeness

Question 10

10. In which treaty was the name 'The European Union' first used? A) Paris B) Maastricht C) Amsterdam D) Lisbon

Accepted Answer

B) Maastricht

Question 11

11. What was the former name of the currency for Europe, now known as the Euro? A) SDR B) ECU C) Sterling D) E-Mark

Accepted Answer

B) ECU

Question 12

12. Which one is not an institution of the European Union? A) European Council B) Council of Europe C) European Commission D) European Parliament

Accepted Answer

B) Council of Europe

Question 13

13. Which is the most recent EU treaty A) Lisbon B) Nice C) Amsterdam D) Maastricht

Accepted Answer

A) Lisbon

Question 14

14. Who is the president of the European Commission? A) Herman Van Rompuy B) Catherine Ashton C) Jean-Claude Juncker D) José Manuel Barroso

Accepted Answer

C) Jean-Claude Juncker

Question 15

15. Who is the president of the European Council? A) Antonis Samaras B) Herman Van Rompuy C) Martin Schulz D) Donald Tusk

Accepted Answer

D) Donald Tusk

Question 16

16. Which one is not a member state of the European Union? A) Finland B) Sweden C) Norway D) Denmark

Accepted Answer

C) Norway

Question 17

17. What is the COREPER? A) Committee of MEPs looking after the financial and administrative interests of Members of the European Parliament. B) Committee of Permanent Representatives, made up of the head or deputy head of mission from the EU member states in Brussels. C) A European Union department that serves as a foreign ministry and diplomatic corps for the EU. D) The fifth institution of the European Union to audit the accounts of EU institutions.

Accepted Answer

B) Committee of Permanent Representatives, made up of the head or deputy head of mission from the EU member states in Brussels.

Question 18

19. The Schengen Area consists of the 28 EU Member States. A) False, because some EU members will join the Area later. B) False, because some non EU members are in Schengen as well. C) False, because some EU members opted out from the Area.

Accepted Answer

C) False, because some EU members opted out from the Area.

Question 19

20. What is the Anthem of the European Union? A) Ode to Joy from Ludwig van Beethoven B) Blue Danube Waltz from Johann Strauss C) Vltava from Smetana Bedrich Smetana D) La Marseillaise from Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

Accepted Answer

A) Ode to Joy from Ludwig van Beethoven

Question 20

21. Who delegates the MEPs to the European Parliament? A) Citizens of the Member States B) Parliaments of the Member States C) Governments of the Member States D) Heads of Member States

Accepted Answer

A) Citizens of the Member States

Question 21

22. Which is not a political group in the European Parliament? A) EPP B) S&D C) ALDI D) ECR

Accepted Answer

C) ALDI

Question 22

23. Where do the plenary sessions of the European Parliament take place? A) Brussels, Belgium B) Strasbourg, France C) Luxembourg, Luxembourg D) The Hague, the Netherlands

Accepted Answer

B) Strasbourg, France

Question 23

24. How many MEPs will be in the next European Parliament? Around A) 450 B) 550 C) 650 D) 750

Accepted Answer

D) 750

Question 24

25. Which was the largest EP political group between 2009 and 2014? A) Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats B) The Greens–European Free Alliance C) Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group D) European People's Party

Accepted Answer

A) Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats

Question 25

26. Since when the EP is elected directly by citizens? A) 1957 B) 1979 C) 1993 D) 2004

Accepted Answer

B) 1979

Question 26

28. Who is currently the President of the European Parliament? A) Jerzy Buzek B) Martin Schulz C) Joschka Fischer D) Jean-Claude Juncker

Accepted Answer

B) Martin Schulz

Question 27

34. For how many years will the MEPs be elected in 2014 A) 4 B) 5 C) 8 D) 9

Accepted Answer

B) 5

Question 28

30. Which of the following statements is false? By the Lisbon treaty… A) the European Parliament’s legislative power has been increased. B) the number of MEPs will be limited to 750, in addition to the President of the Parliament. C) the way in which MEP seats are apportioned among member states has been changed. D) Catherine Ashton became the High Representative of the European Parliament for Foreign Affairs.

Accepted Answer

A) the European Parliament’s legislative power has been increased.

Question 29

36. Which nationality has Jean-Claude Juncker A) French B) Belgian C) Dutch D) Luxembourger

Accepted Answer

D) Luxembourger

Question 30

37. The citizens of which country are going to elect their MEPs for the first time in 2019? A) Bulgaria B) Romania C) Croatia D) Turkey

Accepted Answer

C) Croatia

Question 31

38. What is the motto of the European Union? A) Giving a voice to diversity B) United in diversity C) Young people for a better Europe D) Take the money and run

Accepted Answer

B) United in diversity

Question 32

40. When will be the next European Parliament elections after 2014? A) 2017 B) 2018 C) 2019 D) 2020

Accepted Answer

C) 2019

Question 33

42. What is ARTE? A) The official media partner of the European Youth Event 2014. B) A Franco-German television network. C) Both A and B are true. D) None of A, B, C answer is true.

Accepted Answer

C) Both A and B are true.

Question 34

43. When was the Treaty of Paris signed? a. 1949 b. 1951 c. 1957

Accepted Answer

b. 1951

Question 35

44. How many countries signed the Treaty of Paris a. six b. seven c. 10

Accepted Answer

a. six

Question 36

45. The same countries which signed the Treaty of Paris signed the Treaty of Rome. a. yes b. no

Accepted Answer

a. yes

Question 37

46. The Council of Europe was the key institution in charge of distributing the Marshall plan funds. a. correct b. incorrect

Accepted Answer

b. incorrect

Question 38

47. The OEEC was the predecessor of the organization called OPEC now. a. true b. false

Accepted Answer

b. false (OECD)

Question 39

50. The Treaty of Rome was signed on 25th March 1957. Due to a flight delay, the Danish prime minister was late and signed a day later. a. true b. false

Accepted Answer

b. false

Question 40

51. There were two treaties signed in March 1957 establishing both the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community. a. true b. false

Accepted Answer

b. false European Economic Community and the Euratom

Question 41

52. The Treaties of Rome followed the Treaty of Paris. Many years later the Maastricht Treaty was signed. In between the treaties signed in the 50s and the Maastricht Treaty in the 90s there was no other treaty changing the work of the Union. a. correct b. incorrect

Accepted Answer

b. incorrect

Question 42

53. In which country was the death toll the highest during the second world war? a. Russia b. United Kingdom c. France.

Accepted Answer

a. Russia

Question 43

54. The Bretton-Woods system provided for a sound system of trade liberalization rules a. correct b. incorrect.

Accepted Answer

b. incorrect.

Question 44

55. There were a number of persons who contributed significantly to the European integration process. One of the following is not one of them. a. Konrad Adenauer b. Charles De Gaulle c. Jacques Mayeur d. Robert Schuman

Accepted Answer

c. Jacques Mayeur

Question 45

56. The EPU was one of the early steps of integration in Europe. EPU stands for a. European Police Union b. European Payments Union c. European Pilot Union d. neither a nor b and c are correct.

Accepted Answer

b. European Payments Union

Question 46

57. Federalists advocating more European integration are in favor of decision making rules which are based on: a. unanimity b. majority voting

Accepted Answer

b. majority voting

Question 47

58. The Council of Europe was always the most important pillar of European integration a. correct b. incorrect.

Accepted Answer

b. incorrect.

Question 48

59. Robert Schuman contributed significantly to the integration process. Schuman is a citizen of a. France b. Belgium c. Germany

Accepted Answer

a. France

Question 49

60. EFTA focused early on only on a. trade liberalization b. cooperation in nuclear energy matters c. cooperation in the field of coal and steel

Accepted Answer

a. trade liberalization

Question 50

61. One country rejected the UK’s application for membership in the European Community. This was a. Italy b. Germany c. France

Accepted Answer

c. France

European Integration (Fach) / Multiple choice HISTORY (Lektion)