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| 1 | The Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) was set up to distribute Marshal Plan aid. |
 | A) | TRUE |
| B) | FALSE |
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| 2 | The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) consisted of the same 6 nations that later formed the European Economic Community. |
| A) | TRUE |
| B) | FALSE |
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| 3 | The EEC was established by the Treaty of Rome. |
| A) | TRUE |
| B) | FALSE |
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| 4 | The EU’s customs union was completed ahead of the schedule that was agreed for it in the Treaty of Rome. |
| A) | TRUE |
| B) | FALSE |
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| 5 | The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) was set up in response to the ECSC. |
| A) | TRUE |
| B) | FALSE |
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| 6 | Norway was scheduled to join the EU with Sweden, Finland and Austria in 1994, but its voters rejected membership. |
| A) | TRUE |
| B) | FALSE |
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| 7 | The EEC (as it was known at the time) nations were, on average, poorer than the EFTA nations but grew faster between 1950 and 1970. |
| A) | TRUE |
| B) | FALSE |
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| 8 | The Council of Europe is part of the European Union. |
| A) | TRUE |
| B) | FALSE |
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| 9 | List the 15 nations that were members of the European Union in 2003. |
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| 10 | List the 10 nations that joined in 2004. |
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| 11 | In which years were British membership applications rejected by Charles de Gaulle? |
| A) | 1957 and 1963 |
| B) | 1962 and 1969 |
| C) | 1963 and 1967 |
| D) | 1963 and 1969 |
| E) | 1965 and 1969 |
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| 12 | In which year was the Treaty of Rome signed (not entered into force)? |
| A) | 1957 |
| B) | 1962 |
| C) | 1963 |
| D) | 1967 |
| E) | 1969 |
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| 13 | In which year was the Single European Act signed (not entered into force)? |
| A) | 1969 |
| B) | 1973 |
| C) | 1982 |
| D) | 1986 |
| E) | 1992 |
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| 14 | In which year was the Maastricht Treaty signed (not entered into force)? |
| A) | 1982 |
| B) | 1986 |
| C) | 1987 |
| D) | 1989 |
| E) | 1992 |
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| 15 | In which year was the Amsterdam Treaty signed (not entered into force)? |
| A) | 1992 |
| B) | 1997 |
| C) | 1999 |
| D) | 2000 |
| E) | 2002 |
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| 16 | In which year was the Nice Treaty signed (not entered into force)? |
| A) | 1992 |
| B) | 1997 |
| C) | 1999 |
| D) | 2000 |
| E) | 2002 |
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| 17 | In which year was the Constitutional Treaty signed (not entered into force)? |
| A) | 2002 |
| B) | 2003 |
| C) | 2004 |
| D) | 2005 |
| E) | 2006 |
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| 18 | The euro was formally adopted in ____, but national bills and coins were replaced only in ____. |
| A) | 1998, 2000 |
| B) | 1999, 2000 |
| C) | 1999, 2001 |
| D) | 2000, 2002 |
| E) | 2001, 2002 |
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| 19 | The path that led to adoption of the euro was set down in the _______. |
| A) | Treaty of Rome |
| B) | Single European Act |
| C) | Maastricht Treaty |
| D) | Amsterdam Treaty |
| E) | Nice Treaty |
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| 20 | The division of Germany into East and West Germany ended in ____. |
| A) | 1986 |
| B) | 1987 |
| C) | 1988 |
| D) | 1989 |
| E) | 1990 |
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| 21 | In the Treaty of Rome, EEC members only agreed to set up a Customs Union.; the so-called 1992 programme in the Single European Act instituted the principles of free mobility of labour, capital and services |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 22 | The countries that joined the EU in 1994 were ______, _______ and _______. |
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| 23 | The main goal of the Single European Act was to: |