TERRITORIAL ORGANISATION

 

1. When was the Treaty of Westphalia signed?

2. What did it establish / define for the first time?

3. In which country is Westphalia today?

4. What do some historians say began with the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia?

5. How many countries are there in the world today?

6. Give an example of a state in Europe

7. Give an example of a region in Spain

8. Give an example of a province in Spain

9. Give an example of a municipality in Spain

10 . What are the two types of frontier?

11. Give two examples of integrating factors that favour the organisation of territory

12. Give two examples of fragmenting factors, those that make movement and communication difficult

13. What are the five elements that constitute a state?

14. How many branches of government are there?

15. What are the three pillars of democracy?

16. Why is the separation of powers necessary?

17. What are the five functions of a state?

18. What is the difference between social services and welfare state?

19. Name the five basic institutions of a state

20. True or false: the government holds executive power

21. What are some of the roles of a government?

22. Do all states give autonomous control to their regions?

23. What percentage of the world’s countries do not have democracy?

24. What percentage of the world’s countries do have democracy?

25. What percentage of the world’s population is not free?

26. What percentage of the world’s population is free?

27. Define what a dictatorship is

28. What is a constitutional monarchy?

29. Give an example of a constitutional monarchy

30. What is an absolute monarchy?

31. Give an example of an absolute monarchy

32. In what ways do different states aim to cooperate?

33. Give five reasons for typcial conflicts between states

34. Name five countries that have a very high ranking in the Global Peace Index

THE EUROPEAN UNION

1. In which year did the French Minister Robert Schuman give a speech outlining the basic aims of a European organisation of countries?

2. What were its three basic aims?

3. In 1951 six European countries joined together, which were they?

4. They founded the ECSC, what do these initials stand for?

5. When were the Treaties of Rome signed?

6. What new organisation was created with the signing of the Treaties of Rome?

7. In the treaties they set up common  e___________  policies.

8. They introduced free movement of g___________, s_____________, w____________ and c____________ among member states

9. What was the EEC?

10. When was the EEC created?

11. When did the EEC become the EU?

12. What was the name of the treaty that created this change?

13. In what ways was the EU different to the EEC?

14. The EU is a S_____________ C______________ M______________.

15. All European citizens were granted E____________ c___________ with the creation of the EU

16. When was the euro introduced?

17. Which countries in the EU do not have the euro?

18. At a social level joint c_____________, e_________________ and e________________ policies were adopted.

19. When did Spain join the EU?

20. How many states are there in the EU today?

21.  What percentage of the world’s population is found in the EU?

22. What controversial treaty in 2009 reformed the EU institutions?

23. When did the UK hold a referendum on whether to stay inside the EU?

24. What was the name given to the process of the UK leaving the EU?

25. What are the names of the main institutions of the EU? E______________ P___________, the E_______________ C______________, the C___________________ of the E_______________ U_____________ and the E________________ C______________

26. True or false: the European Parliament makes the laws in Europe

27. True or false: the members of the European Parliament are elected by European citizens

28. True or false: the European Commission creates the laws

29. True or false: the commissioners of the European Commission are nominated by each country and not elected by the European citizens

30. Which institution holds executive power?

31. Which institution represents all the European citizens?

32. Which institution represents the European governments?

33. Which institution is comprised of all the Heads of European states?

34. Which institution controls EU funding?

35. Which two institutions have to approve the new laws proposed by the Commission?

36. How many times a year does the European Council meet?

37. True or false: once a month the entire European parliament travels from Brussels to Strasbourg in France for four days at a cost of 150 million euros per year

38. What is the ECB?

39. Where is the ECB based?

40. Are all countries represented in the ECB?

41. What is the European Court of Auditors? Where is it based?

42. What is the Court of Justice of the European Union? Where is it based?