History of Now 3

Question 1

Maastricht Treaty

Answer 1

Treaty forming the EU union in 1993.

Question 2

Schengen Agreement

Answer 2

EU treaty that promotes free movement within the union.

Question 3

Judea

Answer 3

Ancient Israel

Question 4

Franks

Answer 4

A tribe of people during and after the Roman era. In 800, it had established a decent empire at the hands of their leader, Charlemegne (Charles the Great).

Question 5

Treaty of Verdun

Answer 5

A treaty in 843 between Charlemegne’s three grandsons that split up the Frankish empire into France, Germany, and a third kingdom that eventually went away.

Question 6

Reformation and Religious wars

Answer 6

(1517-1648) Wars stemming from a saint, Martin Luther, accusing the pope of transgressions. The root was Luther didn’t think you could effect your other-worldly fate whereas the Roman Catholics did.

Question 7

When where the theory of rights still influencing the EU today enunciated?

Answer 7

As a result of the French Revolution that went from 1789-99).

Question 8

Difference between the French and US conception of rights.

Answer 8

The French held that rights were not inalienable and were instead dependent on democratic vote - i.e., they had a social theory of rights. For the US, rights were inalienable and could not be restricted by vote.

Question 9

Weimar Republic

Answer 9

The Weimar Republic is an unofficial historical designation for the German state from 1918 to 1933. The name derives from the city of Weimar, where its constitutional assembly first took place.

Question 10

Death toll of WW2

Answer 10

60 mil

Question 11

What was the precursor to the EU?

Answer 11

European Coal and Steel Community formed in 1951. It involved placing key war industries outside the hands of those who would want to wage war.