Chapter 1 EU booklet

Question 1

How many countries?

Answer 1

27

Question 2

How many people in the EU

Answer 2

447 million

Question 3

How many percent of the world’s population?

Answer 3

6

Question 4

How many regions outside the European continent?

Also known as…

Answer 4

9

Outermost regions

Question 5

How many official languages?

Answer 5

24

Question 6

What is the EU’s motto?

Answer 6

United in Diversity

Question 7

What is one fundamental value that all EU countries share?

Answer 7

Democracy

Question 8

What are other values that are common to all EU countries?

Answer 8

Respect for human dignity, freedom, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights

Question 9

What is the most recent EU treaty?

Answer 9

Lissabon treaty, 2007

Question 10

What came into force with the Lissabon treaty?

Answer 10

the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

Question 11

What does the CFREU sets out?

Answer 11

The rights and freedoms that all people living in the EU enjoy

Question 12

What does it also include (the CFREU)?

Answer 12

newer fundamental rights, such as data protection, quarentees on bioethics, and specific provisions on the rights of under-18’s

Question 13

What is the EU country with the largest population?

Answer 13

Germany, 83 million

Question 14

What is the EU smallest country?

Answer 14

Malta, 500 000

Question 15

Which 3 alphabets doe stage EU use?

Answer 15

Latin, Greek and Cyrillic