Europe Since 1945

Which term refers to the payments for war damages or the damages themselves demanded from a defeated nation?

• Quota

• Reparations

• Stability

• Superpowers

What idea does this picture express?

• the people’s desire for a third World War

• the people’s desire for continued division

• The people's desire for reunification.

• The people’s desire for a new leader

In 1990 the two Germanys were merged in a process called

• martial law

• apartheid

• reunification

• perestroika

The roots of the European Union are found in treaties signed after which major event?

• The Cold War

• The First World War

• The Second World War

• The Fall of the Berlin Wall

Which countries were satellite states of the Soviet Union?

• Switzerland, Belgium, Italy

• China, Japan, South Korea

• Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary

• Greece, Turkey, Saudi Arabia

What was the Iron Curtain?

• Imaginary division between Eastern & Western China in the Cold War

• Wall between Eastern & Western Europe in World War II

• Wall between Eastern & Western China in World War II

• Imaginary division between Eastern & Western Europe in the Cold War

What were the goals of the Marshall Plan & the Truman Doctrine?

• To stop the spread of communism

• To stop the spread of democracy

• To encourage the spread of communism

• To encourage the spread of democracy

What was the primary purpose of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) established in 1951?

• To regulate coal and steel production in Europe

• To create a single European currency

• To establish a European military alliance

• To promote European cultural exchange

Which treaty, signed in 1992, led to the creation of the European Union?

• Treaty of Rome

• Treaty of Paris

• Maastricht Treaty

• Lisbon Treaty

What was the main objective of the Schuman Plan proposed in 1950?

• To unify European military forces

• To integrate European economies

• To establish a European cultural identity

• To create a European space agency