Keywords ch6

Question 1

referendum

Answer 1

an election in which people are asked to vote for a particular proposal

Question 2

ethnic cleasning

Answer 2

the - often violent - removal of an ethnic or religious group from a society

Question 3

european coal and steel comunnity

Answer 3

cooperation of 6 European countries in a commen market for coal and steel, founded in 1950

Question 4

european economic community

Answer 4

economic cooperation of European countries, successor of the ECSC, since 1958

Question 5

European Union ( EU )

Answer 5

economic and political cooperation of European countries, successor of the EEC, since 1993

Question 6

European identity

Answer 6

the feeling that one is a European

Question 7

euro-scepticism

Answer 7

disbelief in the added value of the EU

Question 8

terrorism

Answer 8

the use of violence, often on civillians in peacetime, with the aim of creating fear in order to achieve certain goals

Question 9

Islamic fundamentalism

Answer 9

a very strict form of the islamic religion

Question 10

theocracy

Answer 10

a state form in which religious leaders rule in the name of god

Question 11

war on terror

Answer 11

series of military actions againsy targets in the middle east and afghanistan statted by US president George W. Bush in 2001 with the aim of fighting terrorism

Question 12

lone wolf

Answer 12

a terrorist that operates alone, without an organisation