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key concepts nov 1 Flashcards

1
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What are the two major elements of the European union?

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Free movement of people and goods

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2
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How do tariffs work in the EU?

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All have a common tariff, and cannot place tariff on eachother

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3
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How many countries are in the EU?

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27

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4
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Why was the EU created?

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To stop civil wars in Europe and the EU has accomplished this.

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5
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Who was one of the fathers of the EU?

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John Monet

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6
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When was the idea of a EU constitution introduced and why did it not work?

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2005, France and Netherlands rejected it

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7
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What happened in 2008-9 in the EU?

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Financial crisis that hurt countries in the eurozone.

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What is the difference between Monetary, fiscal, and political unions?

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Monetary means they use the same currency, fiscal means they share taxes and budgets, political means the union of different political branches

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What type of union is the eurozone?

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It is strictly a monetary union

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10
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What are examples of countries in the EU but not in the eurozone?

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Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania

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11
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What are the three criteria to joining the eurozone?

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  1. Inflation has to be below 1.5%
  2. Deficit below 3.5 of GDP
  3. Debt ratio to GDP 60%
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12
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What are the disadvantages to the eurozone?

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Cannot control countries if they decide to implement bad economic policies

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What happened in 2008-9?

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Greece lied about their data to get into the eurozone and tanked the euro.

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What does contagion refer to?

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The fear that crisis will spread to other countries… when something happens in a neighboring system it spills over to yours.

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15
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Give an example of contagion.

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In 2008-9 when Greece lied their way into the eurozone, Ireland and Portugal suffered as well.

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16
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What affected the stock markets in 2015?

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The financial crisis, because if Greece exited the eurozone it would have a domino affect of countries leaving the eurozone.

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17
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Who bailed out Greece?

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The Troika Group

18
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What is the Schengen area?

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It is not the same as the EU, it just means that people do not need a passport to travel to countries in the Schengen area.

19
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Examples of countries in the EU and not in Schengen

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Bulgaria and Romania

20
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Examples of countries not in the EU but in Schengen

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Switzerland an Norway

21
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Difference between western european growth post ww2 vs today

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Very good, golden age post ww2 now growth has slowed and not as wealthy

22
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What is Brexit?

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When the UK voted to leave because of rising feelings of nationalism and economic fear

23
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When did the David Cameron referendum happen?

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June23 2016

24
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What is Ukip?

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Party that stood for UK independence and siphoned off votes from the conservatives.

25
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How does Russia affect europe?

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Many countries specifically eastern european countries depend on russia for natural gas. Also depending on where russia attacks it could cause nato to intervene and enforce article 5

26
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What year did the syrian civil war start?

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2015

27
Q

Who were the three groups in the syrian civil war?

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The Asad group, Free syrian army, and radical rebels

28
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What type of dictatorship does the Assad family run?

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Family dictatorship

29
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What caused the syrian civil war?

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The standard of living declined and water shortages happened. Assad brutually opposed protest in spring 2011

30
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What province in Syria was the first to have a protest/ water shortage?

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Dara Province

31
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What is the difference between the assad group, free syrian army, and radical rebels?

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The assad group is the soldiers working for the family, the free syrian group was backed by the US and the radical rebels were basically terrorists

32
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What was the act that was the catalyst for the Tunisian revolution?

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A street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi who set himself on fire.

33
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Who was Ben Ali?

A

A long lasting Tunisian president who was overthrown

34
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Where did Ben Ali flee too?

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Saudi Arabia

35
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Who did Egypt overthrow in 2011?

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President Mubarak

36
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Who was the next president in egypt after the resignation of one in 2011?

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President Morsi

37
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What happened to eygpts 2012 president?

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He ended up being charged with inciting deadly violence

38
Q

Who is the current president of egypt?

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El-sisi since 2014

39
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What does it mean for a military to be patrimonial?

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It means that it is controlled around an individual, they have informal networks, lack rules and formal institutionalism, often has corruption and nepotism

40
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What does it mean for a military to be institutionalized?

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Formal institutions, professionalism, civillian control and rule of law

41
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What was the name of the article eva bellin wrote?

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Reconsidering the Robustness of Authoritarianism in the Middle East

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