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World War II ended in this year
What is 1945?
the abbreviation E.U. is short for this
What is European Union?
since the 1990s, these nations have had a difficult time "getting up to speed" economically
What are the former Soviet (Eastern European) nations?
a term - a person who flees from a nation or region because of violence, persecution, or some form of disaster
What is a refugee?
this nation left the E.U. in January 2020
What is Britain?
funded by the United States, this relief plan helped rebuild war-torn Europe and Asia
What is the Marshall Plan?
What is the United States?
upon reunification, this nation immediately went from having an economic surplus to economic debt
What is Germany?
in the last thirty years, European nations have seen a large influx of immigrants from this region of the world
What is the Middle East?
this is the term that is used to describe that nation's withdrawal from the E.U.
What is "Brexit"?
the United Nations was established in this year
What is 1945?
the primary function of the E.U. is to combine the _____ strength of several nations into one entity
What is economic strength?
several nations of the E.U. have needed financial help from other member nations - this is called a _____
What is a bailout?
this nation has the highest Muslim population (by percent) in Europe
What is France?
this is the primary reason why the citizens of that nation voted to leave the E.U.
What is Britain felt that it was suffering economically because it had to bailout failing E.U. members several times?
this is the primary goal of the United Nations
What is to maintain peace between nations?
when speaking of the E.U., the Euro is this
What is the shared currency (money) of the E.U.?
five nations of Europe that were once part of Soviet-controlled Europe
What is East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova?
since 2001, the nations have Europe have unfortunately suffered much higher rates of this type of violence compared to the United States
What is (Islamic) terrorism?
the United States has several military bases in this nation
What is Poland?
this is a key secondary goal of the United Nations
What is to provide humanitarian relief/assistance wherever it is needed?
currently, there are this many member nations of the E.U.
What is 27?
the Berlin Wall fell in this year, symbolically marking the end of Soviet control of Eastern Europe
What is 1989?
Muslims account for about _____ percent of the population in the United States.
What is 1 (one) percent?
in 2014, Russia took over this region of Ukraine
What is the Crimean Peninsula (Crimea)?