key concepts nov 1

Question 1

What are the two major elements of the European union?

Answer 1

Free movement of people and goods

Question 2

How do tariffs work in the EU?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

How many countries are in the EU?

Answer 3

27

Question 4

Why was the EU created?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Who was one of the fathers of the EU?

Answer 5

John Monet

Question 6

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

Answer 6

2005, France and Netherlands rejected it

Question 7

What happened in 2008-9 in the EU?

Answer 7

Financial crisis that hurt countries in the eurozone.

Question 8

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

Answer 8

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

Question 9

What type of union is the eurozone?

Answer 9

It is strictly a monetary union

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania

Question 11

What are the three criteria to joining the eurozone?

Answer 11

1. Inflation has to be below 1.5%
2. Deficit below 3.5 of GDP
3. Debt ratio to GDP 60%

Question 12

What are the disadvantages to the eurozone?

Answer 12

Cannot control countries if they decide to implement bad economic policies

Question 13

What happened in 2008-9?

Answer 13

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

Question 14

What does contagion refer to?

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Give an example of contagion.

Answer 15

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

Question 16

What affected the stock markets in 2015?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Who bailed out Greece?

Answer 17

The Troika Group

Question 18

What is the Schengen area?

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

Examples of countries in the EU and not in Schengen

Answer 19

Bulgaria and Romania

Question 20

Examples of countries not in the EU but in Schengen

Answer 20

Switzerland an Norway

Question 21

Difference between western european growth post ww2 vs today

Answer 21

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

Question 22

What is Brexit?

Answer 22

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

Question 23

When did the David Cameron referendum happen?

Answer 23

June23 2016

Question 24

What is Ukip?

Answer 24

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

Question 25

How does Russia affect europe?

Answer 25

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

Question 26

What year did the syrian civil war start?

Answer 26

2015

Question 27

Who were the three groups in the syrian civil war?

Answer 27

The Asad group, Free syrian army, and radical rebels

Question 28

What type of dictatorship does the Assad family run?

Answer 28

Family dictatorship

Question 29

What caused the syrian civil war?

Answer 29

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

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Dara Province

Question 31

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

Answer 31

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

Question 32

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

Answer 32

A street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi who set himself on fire.

Question 33

Who was Ben Ali?

Answer 33

A long lasting Tunisian president who was overthrown

Question 34

Where did Ben Ali flee too?

Answer 34

Saudi Arabia

Question 35

Who did Egypt overthrow in 2011?

Answer 35

President Mubarak

Question 36

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

Answer 36

President Morsi

Question 37

What happened to eygpts 2012 president?

Answer 37

He ended up being charged with inciting deadly violence

Question 38

Who is the current president of egypt?

Answer 38

El-sisi since 2014

Question 39

What does it mean for a military to be patrimonial?

Answer 39

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

Question 40

What does it mean for a military to be institutionalized?

Answer 40

Formal institutions, professionalism, civillian control and rule of law

Question 41

What was the name of the article eva bellin wrote?

Answer 41

Reconsidering the Robustness of Authoritarianism in the Middle East