1. 70 YEARS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY (1945-2015)
AGRUPAMENTO DE ESCOLAS AUGUSTO CABRITA
2016-2017
Name: nº Class:
The following questionnaire aims to collect information about your
knowledge of the period between 1989-2015. Circle the correct option
for each question.
1 – 1989. This date marks:
a) The construction of the Berlin Wall.
b) The fall of Berlin Wall.
c) The end of World War II.
2 – The event that ended the USSR was:
a) A Coup.
b) The death of President Gorbachev.
c) The seizure of power by Gorbachev
3 – The last President of the USSR was:
a) Boris Ieltsin.
b) Mikhail Gorbachev.
c) Nikita Krutchev.
4 – In 1990 occurs:
a) Germany’s unification.
b) Czechoslovakia’s breakup.
c) The end of Yugoslavia.
5 – 1991. This date announces:
a) The formation of the USSR.
b) The end of the USSR.
c) The end of communism in the USSR
6 – Between 1989 and 2015 the Presidents of the Portuguese Republic were:
a) Ramalho Eanes, Aníbal Cavaco Silva and Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
b) Jorge Sampaio, Mário Soares and Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
c) Mário Soares, Aníbal Cavaco Silva and Jorge Sampaio.
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2. 7 –In 1991 the Maastricht established:
a) The European Union.
b) The Committee for Education and Cultural Action (CECA).
c) The European Economic Community (CEE).
8 – The Euro was introduced in:
a) 2000.
b) 2001.
c) 2002.
9 – Any European Union citizen can:
a) Vote for and stand as a candidate in municipal and European parliament
elections.
b) Vote and stand as a candidate in municipal elections and vote for the European
paliament elections.
c) Stand as a candidate in municipal and European parliament elections.
10 – The main EU institutions are:
a) The European Commission and the European Parliament.
b) The European Commission, the Council of the European Union, the European
Parliament and the European Council.
c) The European Commission, the Council of the European Union, the European
Parliament, the European Council and the European Court.
11 – The first Presidency of the Council of the European Union was taken over by
Portugal in:
a) 1992 and 2000.
b) 1990 and 2001
c) 1991 and 2002.
12 – The Lisbon Treaty was celebrated in:
a) 2006.
b) 2007.
c) 2008.
13 – Between 2004 and 2014 the EU Presidency was assumed by:
a) Romano Prodi.
b) José Manuel Durão Barroso.
c) Jacques Delors.
14 – The current President of the European Union is:
a) Jean-Claude Juncker.
b) António Guterres.
c) Angela Merkel.
15 – In 2005 died the Pope:
a) John Paul I.
b) John Paul II.
c) John XXI.
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3. 16 – The current Pope is:
a) John Paul II.
b) Benedict XVI.
c) Francis.
17 – In 1989 the emblematic group Pink Floyd meets up for a free concert in:
a) Paris.
b) London.
c) Venice.
18 – In 1998 the Nobel Prize for Literature was:
a) José Saramago.
b) Camilo José Cela.
c) Gunter Grass.
19 – In 1998 EXPO 98 takes place in:
a) Lisbon.
b) Seville.
c) Genoa.
20 –The EXPO’s theme was:
a) The sea.
b) Renewable energies.
c) The Oceans.
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