Cold War Events
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This Soviet leader initiated Glasnost and Perestroika.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
This 1957 treaty established the EEC.
What is the Treaty of Rome?
This region in the Balkans experienced a brutal war and ethnic cleansing 1990s.
What is Bosnia and Herzegovina?
This 2016 referendum led to the UK leaving the EU.
What is Brexit?
This 1949-49 crisis involved the Soviet blockade of Berlin, causing a massive allied airlift.
What is the Berlin Blockade?
This British PM was known for her anti-communist stance.
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
This 1992 treaty created the EU and introduced plans for a single currency.
What is the Maastricht Treaty?
This 1999 conflict led to NATO intervention in Kosovo.
What is the Kosovo War?
This European country faced an economic crisis and austerity measures since 2009.
What is Greece?
This 1968 event saw Soviet-led troops invade a member country.
What is the Prauge Spring?
This Polish labor leader co-founded the Solidarity movement and later became the president of Poland.
Who is Lech Walesa.
This 1986 agreement aimed to create a single European market.
What is the Single European Act?
This former Soviet republic experienced a brief war with Russia in 2008.
What is Georgia?
This French President founded the political movement La Republique En Marche.
Who is Emmanuel Macron?
What is Glasnost?
This French President was an architect of European integration and co-founded the EEC.
Who is Charles de Gaulle?
This is the current official currency of the EU.
What is the Euro?
This ongoing conflict began in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea.
What is the Conflict in Ukraine?
This far-right political party in Germany gained significant support in recent years.
What is Alternative for Germany?
This 1975 agreement aimed to improve relations between the Communist bloc and the West.
What is the Helsinki Accords?
This West German Chancellor oversaw the reunification of Germany.
Who is Helmut Kohl?
This 2007 treaty reformed EU institutions and increased the power of the European Parliament.
What is the Treaty of Lisbon?
This war from 1992 to 1995 resulted in the breakup of Yugoslavia.
What is the Bosnian War?
This 2004 enlargement was the largest expansion of the EU.
What is the 2004 EU enlargement?