General Knowledge about European Union
This is the common form of money used among the members countries of the European Union.
Euro
28
This is the only directly elected EU body and one of the largest democratic assemblies in the world. It has 705 members represent the EU’s 450 million citizens.
European Parliament
According to the United Nations, how many countries are there in Europe?
44 Countries
This refers to working toward shared goals, however, it remained to be separate countries. These countries are united in certain ways, but divided in others.
Supranational Cooperation
Who suggested that France, Germany, and other European countries work together to manage their resources and production, and must learn to cooperate each other?
Robert Schuman
Europe is a region that consists of many peoples and countries. What do you call the forces that bring European nations together, or unite them?
Centripetal Forces
The role of this institution is to provide the impetus, general political directions and priorities for the EU’s development.
European Council
It is known as the largest peninsula of the European continent. What is this?
Scandinavian Peninsula
When did Russia invade Ukraine?
February 24, 2022
It is the motto of the European Union in which despite the different cultural backgrounds and identities, they are still closer as a union.
United in Diversity
Name of the country and its capital city where the headquarters of the European Union is located.
Brussels, Belgium
The executive branch of the European Union. It has the right of initiative to propose laws in a wide range of policy areas. In the area of justice and home affairs, it shares the right of initiative with member states.
European Commission
Name the bodies of water that surround the continent of Europe.
(1) Arctic Ocean to the north, (2) the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and (3) the Mediterranean Sea , Black Sea, and Caspian Sea to the south
There are seven EU institutions, name at least five of these institutions.
Give four (4) concrete examples of European Union's centrifugal forces or Forces that work against the union, without including war and conflict.
(1) Diversity in languages, (2) national pride of individual member countries of EU, (3) competition and rivalries among member countries such as sports and (4) differences in traditional and cultural cuisines are examples of these forces (5) differences in refugee and migration policies
Name the top five (5) largest economies in the continent of Europe.
(1) Germany (2) United Kingdom (3) France (4) Italy (5) Russia
This EU institution continues to give preliminary rulings, hear some actions against EU institutions brought by EU countries and take appeals from the General Court. Currently, it also gives rulings in the area of freedom, security and justice and makes decisions on police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters and issues arising from the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Court of Justice of the European Union
What are the three (3) major religions that dominate the continent of Europe?
(1) Christianity (2) Islam and (3) Judaism
Name the Presidents of Ukraine and Russia
Russia: Vladimir Putin
Ukraine: Volodymyr Zelenskyy
What makes the European Union a supranational cooperation?
Ideas such as "The EU is the best example of supranational cooperation - It works because its member countries have been willing to give up some power, it is composed of several member countries, it has institutions that oversee different aspects the European needs, etc."
Identify plausible reasons as to what makes Europe a powerful continent and economic power house.
Possible Ideas:
The EU's large population, large economy (the world's second largest both nominally and by purchasing power parity), low inflation rates, and the unpopularity and perceived failure of US foreign policy.
This is EU’s main decision-making institutions. Its meetings are attended by ministers from the 27 EU Member States. It has policymaking and coordinating functions.
Council of the European Union
According to National Geographic, this is how they describe the continent of Europe because it is a peninsula of the Eurasian supercontinent surrounded with different borders.
Peninsula of the Peninsulas
Give four concrete and strong reasons why Russia invaded Ukraine.
(1) De-Nazification (2) De-militarization (3) Its inclusion/application to NATO (Russia defending its borders from NATO and (4) Putin's plan of re-unification of Ukraine and Russia like the USSR period