Pre-history Of Inetrgration

Question 1

Traditional factors dividing Europe

Answer 1

Language; religion; contrasting cultural and historical experiences - difficulty overcoming past conflicts creating divides; different forms of political organisation - different ways of ruling; ideology; economic divisions - natural resources & extrapolation; nationalism and state rivalry

Question 2

Pre-WW1 integration ideas

Answer 2

Christianity - different groups coming together and uniting under the same belief; enlightenment ideas; domination- unify by force

Question 3

Failure of pre-WW1 integration ideas

Answer 3

Insufficient power; insufficient elite and popular conviction; diversity - to many differences; growth and success of individual nation states - don’t see benefit of integrating