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POLSC323 Final Exam - European Politics
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MCQs on European politics on both the Union and state levels.

POLSC323 Final Exam - European Politics
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1. What German political party adopted as its informal slogan the phrase 'Kinder, Kirche, Küche?'
2. Which of these features is NOT a characteristic of the British/American 'special relationship?'
3. The terrorist organization ETA of which country recently renounced violence and declared a unilateral ceasefire?
4. What was the primary rationale for the European Union expansion to Greece, Portugal, and Spain in the 1980s?
5. Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the German defeat in WWI?
6. Which major European power was NOT a founding member of the Concert of Europe?
7. 'Above the level of the nation-state' is a concise definition for which concept which describes some European Union policies?
8. Which foreign policy move by the German government has been highly controversial from the start?
9. Which EU-level student exchange program has made the idea of a 'European' identity among young people much more likely, or at least possible?
10. Which French president has been convicted of corruption based on acts he committed as Mayor of Paris in the 1990s?
11. How can the role of the European Court of Justice best be summarized?
12. Which supra-national arrangement was, until the European Union, the largest political entity in Europe?
13. What organization was founded in 1975 as ameans to keep the superpowers talking during the Cold War?
14. Which European Union institution has the power to force the resignation of the European Commission (but only as a bloc, not individually)?
15. What 1968 event was a short-lived period of freedom of expression in Eastern Europe?
16. Which European statesman's declaration paved the way for the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community and later the European Union?
17. After the shooting massacre of 16 children and one adult in 1995, which country passed public policy legislation banning the personal ownership of handguns?
18. What event prompted the dissolution of the first German Reich?
19. Which European country suffered years of division and then an economically painful reunification in 1990?
20. Which major military alliance was founded to 'keep the Americans in, the Soviets out, and the Germans down?'
21. What is the 'national anthem' of the European Union?
22. What major principle of EU law was settled in the Cassis de Dijon case, where it was ruled that products sold in one country must be accepted by all other countries of the EU?
23. What major European policy actor controls the monetary policy of the 17 Eurozone member states?
24. Which country, as one of the hardest hit in Europe, has an unemployment rate of 23% (almost double the rate of the rest of the Eurozone)?
25. What role did Solidarity play in the demise of Polish communism?