Chapter 09

Instructions

Choose your answers from a-c by clicking the radio button next to each choice and then press 'Submit' to get your score.

Question 1

When did Latvia join the EU?

a) 1995

b) 2004

c) 2005

Question 2

What changes did the 1997 Polish Constitution implement?

a) Reduced the power of the presidency

b) Reduced the power of the European Court of Justice

c) Reduced the power of the parliament

Question 3

Which country was Mikuláš Dzurinda the leader of?

a) East Germany

b) Poland

c) Slovakia

Question 4

The PHARE programme was so titled due to its attempt to introduce fairness into the East European political system.

a) True

b) False

Question 5

The CEECs were part of an alternative form of globalization before 1989.

a) True

b) False

Question 6

What is the prevailing form of electoral system amongst the CEECs?

a) Proportional representation

b) Plurality

c) Mixed member

Question 7

What ideology was the pre-1989 political system based on in Central and Eastern Europe?

a) Fascism

b) Marxism

c) Populism

Question 8

Which country was Rolandas Paksas elected as president of in January 2003?

a) Latvia

b) Lithuania

c) Estonia

Question 9

What were the Copenhagen Criteria?

a) The criteria used to judge whether the CEECs were still communist countries

b) The criteria used to judge whether the CEECs should receive EU aid

c) The criteria used to judge whether the CEECs were ready to join the EU

Question 10

Poland supports strong EU links with the Ukraine.

a) True

b) False

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Chapter 09

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